Youth and inequality
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Youth and inequality
Open University Press, 1993
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
A unique collection of qualitative and ethnographic studies of differing groups of young people. It examines inequality in all its complexity in the lived experience of youth and shows the continued pervasive influence of class and gender.
The groups studied range from young women in private education to youth training "lads" and gives vivid and insightful accounts of their social existence. Their diverse experiences are explored in the context of family, education, training, work and politics. The contributors consider for example, family and educational processes, social divisions and control, identities and opportunities, "enterprise" careers and cultural resistance in the context of late/post modern transitions.
"Youth and Inequality" is aimed particularly at students and researchers in the social sciences, education and cultural studies and should also be of interest to all those professionally engaged with young people.
Table of Contents
"A job which is right for me" - social class, gender and individualization
learning a living or living a learning - an ethnography of BTEC national diploma students
"when I have my own studio"
the making and shaping of "Designer" careers
running, plodding and falling - the practice and politics of youth enterprise
a yuppie generation - political and cultural options for A-level students
gaining the edge - girls at a private school
becoming privileged - the role of family processes
"GBH - the Gobbo Barmy Harmy" - one day in the life of "the YTS boys"
career trajectories and the mirage of increased social mobility
by "Nielsen BookData"
