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Youth and Society

Fourth Edition

Rob White, Johanna Wyn, Brady Robards

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ISBN:
9780190305185
Published:
10 Jun 2017
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Youth and Society is the most accessible and comprehensive textbook on the sociology of youth with the latest research in an overview of key debates, research and theories of how young people fit into contemporary society.

PART 1: THEORISING YOUTH
1. Young People and Social Change
2. Ways of Knowing

PART 2: SOCIAL DIVISIONS
3. Gender Sexuality
4. Class, Inequality and Community Resources
5. Indigenous Youth and Indigeneity
6. Place and Mobilities

PART 3: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
7. Family and Belonging
8. Schooling Youth
9. Work in Precarious Economies
10. Juvenile Justice, Crime and Violence
11. Youth Policy and Active Citizenship

PART 4: SOCIAL IDENTITIES
12. Youth Identities and Cultures
13. Networked Youth and Social Media
14. Chemical Cultures
15. Wellbeing and Risk
16. Constructing a Public Presence
17. Complex Lives

Rob White, Professor of Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania.

Johanna Wyn, Professor and the Director of the Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne.

Brady Robards, Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University.

Rob White is a Professor of Criminology at the School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania. Johanna Wyn is a Professor and the Director of the Youth Research Centre at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne. Brady Robards is a Lecturer in Sociology at the School of Social Sciences, Monash University.