1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458358703321

Autore

Furlong Andy

Titolo

Young people and social change [[electronic resource] ] : new perspectives / / Andy Furlong and Fred Cartmel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-335-21869-5

1-281-12927-5

9786611129279

0-335-22975-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Sociology and social change

Altri autori (Persone)

CartmelFred <1952->

Disciplina

305.230941

Soggetti

Youth - Great Britain - Social conditions

Social change - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; The authors; Acknowledgements; Series editor's preface; Chapter 1 The risk society; Chapter 2 Change and continuity in education; Chapter 3 Social change and labour market 'transitions'; Chapter 4 Changing patterns of dependency; Chapter 5 Leisure and lifestyles; Chapter 6 Health risks in late modernity; Chapter 7 Crime and insecurity; Chapter 8 Politics and participation; Chapter 9 The epistemological fallacy of late modernity; Notes; References; Author Index; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Examines modern theoretical interpretations of social change in relation to young people and provides an overview of their experiences in a number of contexts such as education, employment, family, health, crime and politics. It also highlights differences between the experiences of young people in different countries in the developed world.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154909903321

Autore

Kenney Karen Latchana

Titolo

Exoplanets : worlds beyond our solar system / / Karen Latchana Kenney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : Twenty-First Century Books, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-5124-3908-8

1-5124-2849-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

523.2/4

Soggetti

Extrasolar planets

Planets

Milky Way Juvenile literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Learn about the planets that exist outside of our solar system, and the actions scientists are taking to learn more about them. --