Youth and Social Change in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (Hardcover)

Two decades have now passed since the revolutions of 1989 swept through Eastern Europe and precipitated the collapse of state socialism across the region, engendering a period of massive social, economic and political transformation. This book explores the ways in which young people growing up in post-socialist Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union negotiate a range of identities and transitions in their personal lives against a backdrop of thoroughgoing transformation in their societies. Drawing upon original empirical research in a range of countries, the book's contributors explore the various freedoms and insecurities that have accompanied neo-liberal transformation in post-socialist countries - in spheres as diverse as consumption, migration, political participation, volunteering, employment and family formation - and examine the ways in which they have begun to re-shape different aspects of young people's lives. In addition, while 'social change' is a central theme of the issue, all of the chapters in the collection indicate that the new opportunities and risks faced by young people continue both to underpin and to be shaped by familiar social and spatial divisions, not only within and between the countries addressed, but also between 'East' and 'West'. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Youth Studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	1999
Editors:	Charles Walker • Svetlana Stephenson
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	130
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-50371-6
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Curriculum planning & development Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Fitness & diet > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adolescents
LSN:	0-415-50371-X
Barcode:	9780415503716

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