Youth And Inquality - Brossura

Bates, Inge

 
9780335156955: Youth And Inquality

Sinossi

Compiles qualitative and ethnographic studies conducted in Britain on various groups of young people (aged 16-19), investigating the impact of class, gender, training, education, and family background on the "successful" transition to adulthood. They found that gaps between the privileged and the disadvantaged are growing, at a time when social resolve to rectify the injustice is flagging. Distributed in the US by Taylor & Francis. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Contenuti

"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

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