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Youth
ISBN: 978-0-745-64094-5
January 2009
Polity
176 pages
Youth represents a thought-provoking challenge to a new generation of social science students, youth researchers and practitioners to distance themselves from the politically- and emotively-charged issue of youth in contemporary society and move further towards re-theorizing the concept of youth in ways which are relevant to young people’s lives today.
Places the concept within a wide range of contexts, considering: youth cultures, youth movements, inequalities, transitions from childhood to adulthood, issues of dependence and independence, amongst other issues.
Relates the historical and contemporary understanding of ‘youth’ to wider social theory in a very accessible and practical way, offering suggestions as to how to understand ‘youth’ in the 21st century.
Gill Jones is a very well respected figure in youth studies/sociology of youth - one of the most senior in the UK. This book is a succinct account of her opinion on youth today after years of research and experience in the field.
Relevant for courses such as sociology of youth/childhood/adolescence/the family, as well as on a wider range of courses across the social sciences which deal with young people (e.g. young offenders & youth crime; youth employment/labour markets; social work; social & educational policy, etc)