Youth, risk, routine : a new perspective on risk-taking in young lives /: a new perspective on risk-taking in young lives. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, Signe Ravn.
• Authors: Bengtsson, Tea Torbenfeldt; Ravn, Signe
• Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction: why study youth and risk? Youth and ‘problem behaviours’ Youth and risk-taking Researching youth and risk-taking: a few analytical and ethical reflections Structure of the book Chapter 2 Setting the scene: growing up in Denmark Education and employment Family life, economic well-being, and independence Social mobility Vulnerable groups and social support Summing up: growing up in Denmark Chapter 3 Looking back: ‘risk’ in the sociology of youth Subcultural theories: deviance and moral panics New times, new risks: the risk society paradigm Governing young people: the ‘at risk’ concept as a technology of power Voluntary risk-taking and edgework: the positive aspects of risk Risk-taking and everyday life Chapter 4 Looking ahead: towards a new framework for analysing youth risk-taking as practice What is practice theory? Temporality and the embodiment of practices Shifting focus from the individual to the social Summing up: making practice theory work for analysing young people’s risk-taking practices Chapter 5 Being young: risk-taking practices and youth culture Being young The fun and routine of partying Cannabis and partying practices Hanging out with friends Risk-taking practices as subcultural practices? Summing up: risk-taking practices and youth culture Chapter 6 Coordinating practices: risk-taking and everyday life Balancing practices in everyday life Integrating risk practices with everyday life practices Risk practices disrupting everyday life practices A ‘new normal’: when risk-taking practices become everyday life practices Breaking with the everyday Summing up: situating risk practices in everyday life Chapter 7 Embodying risk-taking: risk, embodiment, and gender Learning practices of risk and gender Embodying experiences of ‘too much’ Breaking with embodied practices Summing up: risk, gender, and embodiment Chapter 8 Contextualising risk: risk-taking, youth transitions, and processes of social marginalisation Fragile transitions: Frank’s case Family ‘transmissions’ of risk-taking practices Adopting practices Counter-productive parenting practices? Risk-taking as a practice of place Summing up: risk-taking practices and transition practices Chapter 9 Conclusion: routines of risk in young lives Routinisation Coordination Embodiment Social context Temporality A turn to practice: practical implications Appendix: The two empirical studies
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.12; Risk-taking (Psychology); Youth
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315440743; 9781315440750; 9781315440736; 9781315440767
• Related ISBNs: 9781138217386
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