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Informationen zum Autor FRED CARTMEL is Senior Research Associate in the Youth, Education and Employment Research Unit based at Glasgow University, UKPHIL COHEN is Professor of Cultural and Innovation Studies at the University of East London, UKRUTH EDMOND works part time in the Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling, UKLIZ FROST is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Sciences at the University of The West of England, UKROBERT HOLLANDS is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UKMATHEW JONES is Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Policy at the University of the West of England, UKKARENZA MOORE is a Research Associate at the Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition, University of Manchester, UKJUDY ORME is Principal Lecturer in Public Health at the University of the West of England, UKBARRY PERCY-SMITH is Senior Research Fellow at SOLAR (Social and Organisational Learning as Action Research) at the University of the West of England, UKKEN ROBERTS is Professor of Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UKFENELLA STARKEY is a Research Associate in the Department of Social Medicine at the University of Bristol, UKSUSAN WEIL is Professor of Social and Organisational Learning and Director of the SOLAR (Social and Organisational Learning as Action Research) Centre, University of the West of England, UK Klappentext Written in a clear and accessible style, this book presents a broad ranging enquiry into various methodological issues associated with contemporary youth research. Chapters cover a variety of topical areas, including youth transitions, youth in care, drugs, consumption and music. Featuring studies by new and established youth researchers, this book will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and also those carrying out more advanced research, in the fields of sociology, social policy, health studies, cultural and media studies. Zusammenfassung Written in a clear and accessible style, this book presents a broad ranging enquiry into various methodological issues associated with contemporary youth research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Contemporary Youth Research: Issues, Controversies and Dilemmas; M.Cieslik PART 1: YOUTH RESEARCH IN CONTEXT The Sociology of Youth, Problems, Priorities and Methods; K.Roberts Mods and Shockers: Youth Culture Research in Britain ; P.Cohen PART 2: PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICE Framing Youth: Reviewing Locally Commissioned Research on Young People, Drug Use and Drug Education; M.Jones, J.Orme & F.Starkey Onions and Apples: Problems with Comparative European Youth Research; F.Cartmel Empowering Youth in Research and Social Processes Using Critically Reflexive Action Research: Learning From Practice; B.Percy-Smith & S.Weil PART 3: IN THE FIELD Ethnography in Practice: A Case Study Illustration; R.Edmond Researching Young Women's Bodies: Values, Dilemmas and Contradictions; L.Frost E-heads Versus Beer Monsters: Researching Young People's Substance Misuse in Dance Club Settings; K.Moore PART 4: ISSUES IN ETHNOGRAPHY Double Exposure: Exploring the Social and Political Relations of Ethnographic Youth Research; R.G.Hollands Researching Young People as Consumers: Can and Should We Ask Them Why?; S.Miles The Use of 'Insider' Knowledge in Ethnographic Research on Contemporary Youth Music Scenes; A.Bennett Bibliography Index...
