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Understanding youth in late modernity / Alan France

By: France, Alan.
Publisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2007Description: ix, 203 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780335215355 (hbk.); 0335215351 (hbk.); 9780335215348 (pbk.); 0335215343 (pbk.).Subject(s): Youth | TeenagersDDC classification: 305.235
Contents:
1. The making of modern youth. - 2. Science and the age of reason: the 'discovery of adolescence'. - 3. Social science and the politicisation of the youth . - 4. Youth transitions in the age of uncertainty. - 5. Youth, education and the politics of inclusion. - 6. Threatening youth and risky futures. - 7. The marketisation and commodification of youth. - 8. Youth culture and the growth of the 'risk-taking generation'. - 9. The changing nature of youth in late modernity?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The making of modern youth. - 2. Science and the age of reason: the 'discovery of adolescence'. - 3. Social science and the politicisation of the youth . - 4. Youth transitions in the age of uncertainty. - 5. Youth, education and the politics of inclusion. - 6. Threatening youth and risky futures. - 7. The marketisation and commodification of youth. - 8. Youth culture and the growth of the 'risk-taking generation'. - 9. The changing nature of youth in late modernity?