Youth and Generation

Rethinking change and inequality in the lives of young people

Johanna Wyn author Dan Woodman author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd

Published:4th Dec '14

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"Woodman and Wyn have produced a text that offers conceptual clarity and real depth on debates in youth studies.  The authors skilfully guide us through the main sociological theories on young people and furnish us with sophisticated critiques from which to rethink youth and generation in the contemporary moment."
- Professor Anoop Nayak, Newcastle University


The promise of youth studies is not in simply showing that class, gender and race continue to influence life chances, but to show how they shape young lives today. Dan Woodman and Johanna Wyn argue that understanding new forms of inequality in a context of increasing social change is a central challenge for youth researchers.

Youth and Generation sets an agenda for youth studies building on the concepts of ‘social generation’ and ‘individualisation’ to suggest a framework for thinking about change and inequality in young lives in the emerging Asian Cent

Woodman and Wyn have produced a text that offers conceptual clarity and real depth on debates in youth studies.  The authors skilfully guide us through the main sociological theories on young people and furnish us with sophisticated critiques from which to rethink youth and generation in the contemporary moment.

-- Professor Anoop Nayak

The authors build upon an impressive publication record on youth and generation to offer here a clear argument for the re-positioning of youth studies in the future. Well written, persuasive and thought provoking.

-- Dr. John Goodwin
An excellent addition to the literature that addresses what is in contemporary terms an under-researched and under-theorised arena. A must for all those studying youth. This will be a core text on the youth studies module on our new Sociology degree. -- Mr Graham Bright * drupal *
A book offering excellent additional reading for those studying community and youth culture. -- Mrs Breda Friel * drupal *
This is an excellent of information for lecturing on Problem with Youth -- Ms Bev Orton * drupal *
A fantastic book for anyone who is interested in contemporary youth studies. The book is full of challenging ideas and theoretically driven concepts -- Ms Irena Loveikaite * drup

ISBN: 9781446259054

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 380g

216 pages