Full Description
How can sociology inform our understanding of young people's experiences? Introducing core theories by drawing on a range of cultural resources - from pioneering research to genre-defining films - this book demonstrates how a sociological imagination can enhance informal educational and social welfare approaches to work with young people.
Contents
Sociology Matters: Sociological Perspectives and Young People
Growing Up in the Present: From 1945 to the 2000s
Growing Up in Public and Private: Youth, Transition and Identity-making
Being Similar and Different: Young People and Social Difference
Being Social: Complying and Transgressing
Being Somewhere: Youth, Space and Place
Living in a World of Change and Constancy: Globalisation, Citizenship and Young People
Does Sociology Matter?
