Youth in Society 2/e

Rachel Thomson is Professor of Social Resaerch in the School of Health and Social Welfare. Rachel has been involved in a major longitudinal qualitative study of young people transitions to adulthood, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council since 1996 through the Children 5-16 and the Young People, Citizenship and Social Change programmes. The study is currently being archived with the support of a grant from the ESRC, and will be made available for secondary analysis (see www.lsbu.ac.uk/inventingadulthoods). Her research interests focus on gender identities, social change, sexuality, values, transitions and popular culture.

Introduction to the Second Edition - Rachel Thomson, Ronny Flynn, Jeremy Roche and Stanley Tucker The Making and Moulding of Modern Youth - Rex Stainton Rogers A Short History Representations of the Young - Christine Griffin Worlds Apart - Wendy Stainton Rogers et al Young People's Aspirations in a Changing Europe `Pale Shadows' - Les Back Racism, Masculinity and Multiculture Children's Rights - Jeremy Roche Participation and Dialogue Citizens or What? - Tom Storrie Racial Formations of Youth in Late 20th Century England - Gargi Bhattacharyya and John Gabriel Young People and Political Participation - Claire Hackett Youth Working - Stanley Tucker Professional Identities Given, Received or Contested? Welfare Services for Young People - Bob Coles Better Connections? Education and Training Provision for Young People - Stanley Tucker and Steve Walker A New Era? Beyond Bricks and Mortar - Joe Oldman In and Out of Work? The Changing Fortunes of Young People in Contemporary Labour Markets - Harriet Bradley and Paul Hickman Youth Justice - John Muncie Responsibilisation and Rights Youth Cultures and Sub-Cultures - Daren Garratt Black Adolescent Identity and the Inadequacies of Western Psychology - Lena Robinson Technologies of the Self - Maria Pini Sexuality - Tim Edwards Constructing a Way of Life - Rex Stainton Rogers Friends and Lovers - Harriette Marshall and Paul Stenner Young People and Family Life - Brian Dimmock Apocalypse Now or Business as Usual? Young Disabled People - Sally French and John Swain The Mistreatment of Young People - Brian Corby The Dilemmas of Intervention - Sarah Banks You're the Last Person I'd Talk To - John Coleman, Liza Catan and Catherine Dennison Working with Young People in Residential Settings - Adrian Ward The Management of Growing Up - Simon Bradford Youth Work in Community Settings