Youth in Transition - The Sociology of Youth and Youth Policy

Originally published in 1990, Youth in Transition addresses the issue of large-scale policy intervention, related to problems of employment in Britain's youth.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Youth in Transition 2. Surrogate Employment, Surrogate Labour Markets and the Development of Training Policies in the Eighties 3. From New Vocationalism to the Culture of Enterprise 4. The Transition from YTS to Work: Content, Context and the External Labour Market 5. Trainers and Tutors in the YTS Environment 6. Interpreting Vocationalism: Youth Training and Managerial Practices 7. A Decade of Decline: Social Class and Post-School Destination of Minimum-Age School-Leavers in Scotland 1977-1987 8. Class, Gender Divisions Among Young Adults at Leisure 9. Creating Poverty and Creating Crime: Australian Youth Policy in the Eighties 10. Youth Homelessness in Wales References Notes on Contributors Author Index Subject Index

Summary

Originally published in 1990, Youth in Transition addresses the issue of large-scale policy intervention, related to problems of employment in Britain’s youth.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Cross Wallace
• Assisted by: Malcolm Cross (Editor), Claire Wallace (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.05.2018
• EAN: 9781138487130
• ISBN: 978-1-138-48713-0
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics