Overview
Falling somewhere between childhood and adulthood, Youth is a key period of transition. It can be difficult to define and make sense of this period in ones life. However it is categorised, young people face a number of challenges and issues growing up in todays world. From the pressures created by social media to the increasing precarity of employment, the major social, cultural and economic developments of our time are each impacting this period of the lifecourse in myriad ways. Youth Sociology helps readers to understand how such changes factor into the experience of being young today, and illuminates the realities of the world in which young people live. Embedding perspectives and insights from a wide range of disciplines beyond sociology, this authoritative new textbook will be incredibly useful for all students of youth.
- | Author: Alan France|Julia Coffey|Steven Roberts|Catherine Waite
- | Publisher: Springer
- | Publication Date: April 23, 2020
- | Number of Pages: 281 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1137490403
- | ISBN-13: 9781137490407
