Generation on Hold: Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century - Softcover

 
9780814715321: Generation on Hold: Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century
Softcover
ISBN 10: 081471532X ISBN 13: 9780814715321
Verlag: New York University, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Traces historical constructions of adolescence and considers coming of age in the late 20th century
Young adults in the modern era face a completely differently set of challenges from previous generations. Tracing historical constructions of adolescence and their role in maintaining social order, James E. Cote and Anton L. Allahar persuasively argue that young people today constitute one of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in society. Today, for the first time, teenagers and young adults in the United states, Canada, Japan, Scandinavia and Western Europe can expect to have a lower standard of living than their parents. Youth are conditioned to stay young linger and have, as a result, become socially and economically marginalized. Many young people amass credentials regardless of employment prospects and continue to live at home, often dependent on their parents, into their thirties. With fewer jobs available, young people are ironically targeted increasingly as consumers, rather than as producers. As new technologies continually reduce the work force and alter the social fabric, an entire generation of young people has struggled to keep up. What then does it mean to come of age in an advanced industrial or post-industrial society?

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

JAMES E. CÔTÉ is Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario and is the author of Generation on Hold: Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century (also available from NYU Press).

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Verlag
New York University
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
081471532X
ISBN 13 
9780814715321
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
240
Herausgeber
Cote James E.
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

Doelen 72
Breda
4831 GR
Niederlande

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