Youth in contemporary Europe / / edited by Jeremy Leaman and Martha Worsching

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828081703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY, : Routledge, 2010
• ISBN: 1-136-97009-6; 1-136-97010-X; 1-282-62952-2; 9786612629525; 0-203-85153-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Collana: Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 52
• Altri autori (Persone): LeamanJeremy <1947->; WorschingMartha
• Disciplina: 305.235094
• Soggetti: Youth - Europe; Social groups - Europe
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Youth Culture in Contemporary Europe; Part I: Life Chances and Socio-Economic Determinants of Youth Today; 1 Determinants of Social Exclusion among the Young in Estonia, Germany and the United Kingdom; 2 Poverty and Unemployment of Young Europeans from an Intergenerational Perspective; 3 Youth Unemployment Policy in Britain and Germany: A Comparison of 'Third Way' Approaches; Part II: Youth and Socio-Cultural Transformations; 4 Young Europeans and Educational Mobility; 5 Events of Hope and Events of Crisis: Childhood, Youth and Hope in Britain6 Youth Cultures as a Way to Tackle Insecure Transitions into Adulthood; 7 Online Counselling: Meeting the Needs of Young People in Late Modern Societies; Part III: Youth as a Problem Group?; 8 Some Insights into Violent Youth Crime; 9 Youth Citizenship and Risk in UK Social Policy; 10 Leaving the Parental Home or Staying On?: Young People in Spain and the Development of Social Capital; Part IV: Youth and Political Culture; 11 Youth Culture and European Integration in ; Germany: Back to European Basics?; 12 'Europe? Totally out of my Depth': National and European Citizenship among Young People in Germany and England13 Political Participation of Youth: Young Germans in the European Context; 14 Making a Difference?: Political Participation of Young People in the United Kingdom; 15 Renouncing Violence or Substituting for It?: The Consequences of the Institutionalization of Alleanza Nazionale on the Culture of Young Neo-Fascist Activists in Italy; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines the everyday living conditions experienced and also shaped by young people in Europe. This book focuses on the context of economic, social and political change affecting youth in the critical transition from dependence to independence.