Youth, Citizenship and Social Change in a European Context

Abstract

Part 1 Introduction: a new agenda for youth research, John Bynner et al. Part 2 The shaping of trajectories and biographies: metaphors of youth transitions - niches, pathways, trajectories or navigations, Karen Evans and Andy Furlong participation and identification in risk societies - European perspectives, Ulrike Nagel and Claire Wallace structure and agency - the new youth research agenda, Ken Roberts. Part 3 Vulnerable groups - excluded and included youth, polarization and marginalization: vulnerable youth and processes of social exclusion - a theoretical framework, a review of recent research and suggestions for a future research agenda, Bob Coles conceptualizing youth - transitions, risk and the public and private, Pat Allatt sensibilities and occlusions - vulnerable youth between social change and cultural context, Lynne Chisholm. Part 4 The social construction of identity: rethinking youth identities - modernist and postmodernist frameworks, Ali Rattansi and Ann Phoenix youth identities - new challenges, Manuela du Bois-Reymond youth research and identities - same as it ever was?, Christine Griffin. Part 5 Perspectives on citizenship and participation: participation and citizenship - a new agenda for youth politics research, Elizabeth Frazer and Nicholas Emler youth work and citizenship, Howard Williamson citizenship education, Ken Fogelman perspectives on social exclusion, citizenship youth, Helena Helve the challenge of citizenship for youth study, John Bynner. Part 6 Theory and the new agenda: youth and activity theory, Sven Morch globalization, social exclusion and youth, Phillip Brown. (Part contents).