Structure and agency in young people's lives : theory, methods and agendas /: theory, methods and agendas. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Magda Nico, Ana Caetano.
• Editors: Nico, Magda; (Sociologist), Caetano, Ana
• Contents: Introduction; History, Biography, Endurance and Empathy: An Introductory (Thank You) Note to the Book Magda Nico and Ana Caetano Part I – Beyond the Agency-structure Divide 1. Challenging the Structure/Agency Binary: Youthful Culture, Labour and Embodiments Steve Threadgold, David Farrugia and Julia Coffey 2. Subjective Understandings of Young People’s Agency: Concepts, Methods and Lay Frames of Reference Sarah Irwin 3. The Interplay of Structure and Agency in the School-to-work Transition Ingrid Schoon 4. The Go-between. Young-ish Trajectories Through a Life Course Agency-structure Lens Magda Nico 5. Redefining the Link Between Structure and Agency: The Place of Time Carmen Leccardi Part II – Agency and Structure in Historical and Generational Context 6. Structure and Agency: An Old Couple in a New Era of Prolonged Education-to-work Transitions amid Rising Inequalities and Declining Life Chances Ken Roberts 7. Making a Living in a Provincial Hometown: Locality as a Structuring Landscape for Agency Sanna Aaltonen 8. Exploring the Connection Between Structure and Agency Within the Context of the Young Greek Crisis Generation Athanasia Chalari 9. Fighting Adversity with Different Weapons: Youth, Structure and Agency in Portugal During the Crisis Nuno De Almeida Alves 10. Certainties and Control in the Lives of Young Men: Stories from Three Research Projects John Goodwin, Henrietta O'connor and Laurie Parsons 11. Structure and Agency in Life Stories: How to Become a Gang Member Carles Feixa Part III – Structured Agency, Reflexivity and Action 12. Reflexivity in Late Modernity: Understanding Young Lives in the Context of Social Change Daniel Woodman and Amy Vanderharst 13. What are the Chances? Coping with Contingent Events in Youth Ana Caetano 14. Youth Pathways as Process: How Factor Configuration, Time Dynamics and Reflexivity Combine Together María Eugenia Longo 15. There’s Always Tomorrow: Strengthening Agency and Challenging Structure Through Youth Work and Youth Policy Howard Williamson
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 305.235; Youth -- Social conditions; Youth -- Economic conditions; Social structure; Agent (Philosophy)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000367744; 9781000367713; 9780429324314
• Related ISBNs: 9780367341770
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