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Disconnected youth? : growing up in Britain's poor neighbourhoods / Robert MacDonald and Jane Marsh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Houndmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: viii, 252 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1403904863
  • 9781403904867
  • 1403904871
  • 9781403904874
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.2350869420941 22
LOC classification:
  • HV1441.G7 M35 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Social exclusion and the underclass : debates and issues -- 2. Young people, transitions and social change : researching disconnected youth -- 3. Missing school : educational engagement and youth transitions in poor neighbourhoods -- 4. Street corner society : leisure careers and social exclusion -- 5. Paths to work? : youth training, new deal and further education -- 6. Getting jobs : the status of work in poor neighbourhoods -- 7. Becoming and being a young parent : family careers in poor neighbourhoods -- 8. Housing careers and the significance of place -- 9. Journeys to the margins : drug and criminal careers -- 10. Disconnected youth? : conclusions.
Summary: Based on close-up research with young men and women from areas suffering extreme social exclusion, 'Disconnected Youth?' will appeal to readers interested in understanding and tackling the problems of growing up in Britain's poor neighbourhoods.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 305.2350869420941 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A397015B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 305.2350869420941 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A396181B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Social exclusion and the underclass : debates and issues -- 2. Young people, transitions and social change : researching disconnected youth -- 3. Missing school : educational engagement and youth transitions in poor neighbourhoods -- 4. Street corner society : leisure careers and social exclusion -- 5. Paths to work? : youth training, new deal and further education -- 6. Getting jobs : the status of work in poor neighbourhoods -- 7. Becoming and being a young parent : family careers in poor neighbourhoods -- 8. Housing careers and the significance of place -- 9. Journeys to the margins : drug and criminal careers -- 10. Disconnected youth? : conclusions.

Based on close-up research with young men and women from areas suffering extreme social exclusion, 'Disconnected Youth?' will appeal to readers interested in understanding and tackling the problems of growing up in Britain's poor neighbourhoods.

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