Youth Futures: Comparative Research and Transformative Visions
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AlbakiReads Editorial A comparative look at how young people imagine and shape the future
A comparative look at how young people imagine and shape the future
Edited by Jennifer Gidley, this collection brings together empirical research from different parts of the world on young people’s expectations, agency, and place in social change. It examines familiar public assumptions that cast youth as irresponsible, politically troublesome, or passive consumers of globalization, setting them alongside evidence about how young people envision their own futures. The volume also addresses cultural differences, globalization’s influence on youth culture, and the teaching of future-oriented thinking in schools. Framed around youth as both subjects of policy concern and possible carriers of new social visions, it situates adolescence within international debates about work, welfare, politics, and meaning.
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- Scholars and students of youth studies, adolescence, and futures studies
- Researchers seeking comparative empirical perspectives on young people worldwide
- Policymakers and practitioners concerned with youth issues and globalization
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Youth futuresComparative researchGlobalization and youth cultureYouth agencyEducation and future thinking
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Book Overview How do young people see the future? Are they optimistic or pessimistic? Do their views vary from culture to culture? Are young people act...
How do young people see the future? Are they optimistic or pessimistic? Do their views vary from culture to culture? Are young people actively engaged in creating their desired futures or are they passively receiving the future? What effect has globalization on youth culture? How is the future taught in schools? These and many other questions are dealt with in this volume of comparative empirical research from around the world on how youth see the future.
Generally, youth are considered immature, irresponsible toward the future, cliquish, impressionistic, and dangerous toward self and others. They are considered as a mass market--two billion strong--the passive recipients of globalization. Most recently in OECD nations, youth have become fodder for political speeches--they are the problem that reflects both the failure of the welfare state (dependence on the state), the failure of globalization (unemployment), and postmodernism (loss of meaning and the crisis of the spirit). In the Third World, youth are seen not only as the problem, but equally as the force that can topple a regime (as in Yugoslavia). However, youth can also be seen as carriers of a new worldview, a new ideology.
These and other views concerning youth are examined in this volume of comparative empirical research. Studies from around the world provide intriguing answers to questions about how youth see the future and their future roles. This book will be of particular interest to scholars, students, researchers, and policymakers involved with youth issues and future studies.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 248 | Language: English | Publisher: PRAEGER FREDERICK A | ISBN: 0275974146
FormatHardcover
Pages248
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0275974146
EAN9780275974145
PublisherPRAEGER FREDERICK A
Publication Date2002-08-30
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Age GroupUncategorized
Weight1.23 Pounds
Length9.5 Inches
Width6.12 Inches
Height0.98 Inches
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