Youth Studies and Generations: Values, Practices and Discourses on Generations
Ferreira, Vitor Sérgio
Youth Studies and Generations: Values, Practices and Discourses on Generations - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 - 1 electronic resource (262 p.)
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There is currently much discourse about generations in the public sphere. A sequence of letters conflates generations and age cohorts born in the last few decades (generation “X”, “Y” or “Z”) as well as multiple categories are used to describe today’s young people as a generation that is distinct from its predecessors. Despite the popularity of generational labels in media, politics, or even academia, the use of generation as a conceptual tool in youth studies has been controversial. This Special Issue allows readers to better understand the key issues regarding the use of generation as a theoretical concept and/or as a social category in the field of youth studies, shedding light on the controversies, trends, and cautions that go through it.
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books978-3-03928-327-9 9783039283279 9783039283262
10.3390/books978-3-03928-327-9 doi
generations transition to adulthood transitions Portugal youth Young people Karl political socialization generation political discontent age-period-cohort analysis democracy satisfaction Africa social class political behavior postcolonial studies adulthood epistemology Italy political participation trust in institutions Mannheim politics individualism Guinea sociology digital divide young body cohort differences media young people Political Participation focus groups Postmaterialism Tunisia civic participation globalization youth studies social history youth volunteering political engagement neoliberalism Arab Spring Neoliberalism individualization democracy Political Consumerism transitions to adulthood somatic cultures Uganda work values generational differences life course
Youth Studies and Generations: Values, Practices and Discourses on Generations - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 - 1 electronic resource (262 p.)
Open Access
There is currently much discourse about generations in the public sphere. A sequence of letters conflates generations and age cohorts born in the last few decades (generation “X”, “Y” or “Z”) as well as multiple categories are used to describe today’s young people as a generation that is distinct from its predecessors. Despite the popularity of generational labels in media, politics, or even academia, the use of generation as a conceptual tool in youth studies has been controversial. This Special Issue allows readers to better understand the key issues regarding the use of generation as a theoretical concept and/or as a social category in the field of youth studies, shedding light on the controversies, trends, and cautions that go through it.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-03928-327-9 9783039283279 9783039283262
10.3390/books978-3-03928-327-9 doi
generations transition to adulthood transitions Portugal youth Young people Karl political socialization generation political discontent age-period-cohort analysis democracy satisfaction Africa social class political behavior postcolonial studies adulthood epistemology Italy political participation trust in institutions Mannheim politics individualism Guinea sociology digital divide young body cohort differences media young people Political Participation focus groups Postmaterialism Tunisia civic participation globalization youth studies social history youth volunteering political engagement neoliberalism Arab Spring Neoliberalism individualization democracy Political Consumerism transitions to adulthood somatic cultures Uganda work values generational differences life course