Myth of the Age of Entitlement Millennials, Austerity, and Hope

In The Myth of the Age of Entitlement, Cairns peels back the layers of the entitlement myth, exposing its faults and arguing that the majority of millennials are actually disentitled, facing bleak economic prospects and potential ecological disaster.

About the author

James Cairns is Associate Professor, Social and Environmental Justice, at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford. He is the author (with Alan Sears) of A Good Book, In Theory: Making Sense Through Inquiry (2015) and The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (2012).

Summary

The Myth of the Age of Entitlement peels back the layers of the entitlement myth, exposing its anti-democratic faults and offering a more nuanced understanding of the millennial generation.

Product details

• Authors: James Cairns
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 28.07.2017
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society
• EAN: 9781442636378
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-3637-8
• Pages: 208
• Subjects: Soziale Einstellungen; Soziale Mobilität; Volksglaube und umstrittenes Wissen; Altersgruppen: Kinder; Soziale Schichten