No Space of their Own: Young People and Social Control in Australia - Softcover

White, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521377781 ISBN 13: 9780521377782

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 1991 Pages: 252 Publisher: Camidge. University Press This book was first published in 1990 In Australia as in other Western societies. On Young People are facing a Crisis. Structural Changes in the Economy have Fundamentally altered the transition from child to adult. Many young people must choose between exploited labour and crime. Rob White cuts through the political rhetoric and media images of young people. and exposes the underlying trends of society's response to the 'youth problem'. He shows how well -meaning programmes intended to 'help' young people in fact serve as agents of social control. reducing and regulating the space they can occupy. All around Australia. governments are treating the symptoms but ignoring the causes. The school system. training programmes. youth workers. campaigns against drug abuse and crime - all exert pressure on youn...

About this title

Book Description:

In this 1990 book, Rob White cuts through the political rhetoric and media images of young people, and exposes the underlying trends of society's response to the 'youth problem'. He shows how well-meaning programmes intended to 'help' young people in fact serve as agents of social control, reducing and regulating the space they can occupy.

Synopsis:

The book is aimed at sociologists and criminologists.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521377781
• ISBN 13: 9780521377782
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252