The Changing Adolescent Experience: Societal Trends and the Transition to Adulthood - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052189199X ISBN 13: 9780521891998

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

The path adolescents take from childhood to adulthood is a product of social, economic, political, and technological forces. These forces may facilitate youth's preparation to become healthy adults, or they may leave youth unprepared for adulthood. Knowledgeable projections are vital in shaping the agenda for research; for alerting educators, policy makers, and practitioners to new issues; and for formulating thoughtful responses to emerging dilemmas. This book focuses upon the future of adolescence in postindustrial societies. The authors identify some ominous societal changes that will affect youth: unstable job markets, competition for public resources due to an aging population, and widening income gaps between 'information workers' and low-skill workers. But they also observe opportunities created by information technology, innovations in health service delivery and criminal-justice rehabilitation, and the resourcefulness of a new generation. This volume examines these and other macro-structural changes that will impact adolescents' lives and their futures as adults.

About this title

Book Description

This book will be of interest to academics, educators, policy-makers, and persons who provide services to youth. It is unique in its focus on how broad social changes will shape adolescents' lives and their futures as adults.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052189199X
• ISBN 13: 9780521891998
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Mortimer Jeylan T.