Youth and Social Class

This book addresses the recent marginalisation of class theory in youth sociology. The authors argue for the importance of reinstating class analysis as central to understanding young people's lives in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Their analysis recognises that in periods of social change, class relationships and processes can and do get reconfigured, but by drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, they show that class, while being dynamic, remains core to shaping the everyday lives of young people.

Students and scholars across a range of areas including the sociology of youth, sociology of education, social work and social policy will find this book of interest.

Tackles a major sociological question that youth studies has struggled with in recent decades Argues for recognising the central importance of class analysis in understanding young people's lives in contemporary times Addresses the core substantive areas of education, employment and the intersection with other inequalities

Autorentext
Alan France is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences Te Pokap Ptaiao Ppori and is Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland,New Zealand. Steven Roberts is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Monash University, Australia.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Class Matters.- 3. Education, Social Mobility and the Enduring Nature of Class.- 4. Young People, Work and Social Class.- 5. Youth, Class and Intersectionality.- 6. Towards a Research Agenda for Youth Studies.