Youth Marginality in Britain - Contemporary Studies of Austerity (Hardcover)

Tabloid headlines such as 'Anti-social Feral Youth,' 'Vile Products of Welfare in the UK' and 'One in Four Adolescents is a Criminal' have in recent years obscured understanding of what social justice means for young people and how they experience it. Youth marginality in Britain offers a new perspective by promoting young people's voices and understanding the agency behind their actions. It explores different forms of social marginalisation within media, culture and society, focusing on how young people experience social discrimination at a personal and collective level. This collection from a wide range of expert contributors showcases contemporary research on multiple youth deprivation of personal isolation, social hardship, gender and ethnic discrimination and social stigma. With a foreword from Robert MacDonald, it explores the intersection of race, gender, class, asylum seeker status and care leavers in Britain, placing them in the broader context of austerity, poverty and inequality to highlight both change and continuity within young people's social and cultural identities. This timely contribution to debates concerning youth austerity in Britain is suitable for students across youth studies, sociology, education, criminology, youth work and social policy.

General

Imprint:	Policy Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2017
First published:	2017
Contributors:	Anthony Rudd • Robert McPherson • Frances Atherton • Jane McKay • Sean Murphy • Emma Davidson • Claire Tupling • Patrick Ainley • Jenny Krieken Robson • Lucy Williams
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-1-4473-3052-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adolescents
LSN:	1-4473-3052-8
Barcode:	9781447330523

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