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Turner Publishing Company Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs
Book SynopsisWhy didn’t Peter Parker stop the burglar who killed Uncle Ben?Are Spider-Man’s foes inherently evil, or are they victims of circumstances beyond their control?What do the many web-slinging superheroes across the Spider-Verse tell us about the choices we make in the world(s) we inhabit?And who really wants to date a superhero, anyway? Especially an underdog like Spider-Man . . .Spider-Man has been ranked among the best-selling superhero characters since the 1960s, often as the best-selling superhero of all time. Much of his popularity lies in his humanity and his status as the poster boy for neurotic superheroes.In Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs, Travis Langley (author of the acclaimed Batman and Psychology and Stranger Things Psychology) is back with his team of expert contributors to plumb the psychological depths of our favorite friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Drawing examples from comic book stories, motion pictures (including the animated blockbuster Spider-Verse movie series), and a few well-known video games or TV cartoons, Dr. Langley and his team will untangle a variety of sticky psychological issues found throughout the famed web slinger's time-tested saga to help readers better understand psychology. Trade Review“Friendly neighborhood psychologist Travis Langley and his fantastic team explore the amazing minds of Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and many more in this spectacular edition of all things Spider-Man!” —E. Paul Zehr, PhD, author of Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman “Travis Langley has put together an amazing (see what I did there?) collection of essays about Spider-Man. If you’re a fan of Spider-Man, this book will fascinate you, as the essays illuminate our understanding of exactly what makes Peter Parker and the people around him tick. Highly recommended.” —Michael A. Burstein, winner of the Astounding Award, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award nominee, author of “The Friendly Neighborhood of Peter Parker” in Webslinger: Unauthorized Essays on Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
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Random House No Filters
Book SynopsisChristie Watson (Author) Christie Watson is Professor of Medical Humanities at UEA and worked as an NHS nurse for over twenty years. She has written seven books, including her first novel Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, which won the Costa First Novel Award, and memoir, The Language of Kindness which was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Christie is a contributor to The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and TEDx, and her work has been translated into 23 languages and adapted for theatre.Rowan Egberongbe (Author) Rowan Egberongbe wrote this book between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. She is now studying Classics at university and spent the summer volunteering in Borneo.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers The Parents' Practical Guide to Resilience for
Book SynopsisThis book empowers parents of autistic young people aged 11 to 20 to help them promote resilience in their child. Full of suggestions and simple activities, this easy-to-use resource will help guide parents on how to build the foundations of resilience and independence for situations such as negotiating sexuality and relationships, entering employment or living away from home. It includes information about the main developmental stages for preteens and teens on the autism spectrum, and will take parents through life events and milestones at different ages and identify where difficulties and barriers to resilience may arise and how to address them.Trade ReviewThis book offers parents a range of practical strategies to meet the challenge of re-orienting their children towards self-confidence, optimism and hope. -- Vicki Bitsika, AM, PhD, MAPS, Professor of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Director for the Centre for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bond UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1. Resilience and Autistic Preteens, Teenagers and Young Adults. Chapter 2. Resilience and Autistic children aged 11-15 Years. Chapter 3. Autistic Children aged 11-15: Strategies and Activities around Building Resilience. Chapter 4. Common Characteristics of Autistic Young People aged 16-20 Years. Chapter 5. Young Autistic Adults ages 16-20: Strategies and Activities around Building Resilience. Chapter 6. Failing Successfully.
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Watkins Media Limited How to get your teenager out of their bedroom
Book SynopsisBe the parent your teenager needs. Parenting coach andexpert in child developmentAnita Cleare shares her practicalanswer to the most common question she receives from parents: how to deal with their withdrawn teenager, with tried-and-tested methods that really work.
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Exisle Pub Be Your Own Bestie
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BOA Editions, Limited Good Grief, the Ground
Book SynopsisMargaret Ray is pulling back the curtains on our societal performance of culture, guiding an exposing light to the daily performance that is life in a woman’s body.Selected by Stephanie Burt as the winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, Ray’s Good Grief, the Ground interrogates the everyday violences nonchalantly inflicted unto women through personal, political, and national lenses. Moving between adolescence and adulthood, Ray alternates between dark humor and heart-wrenching honesty to explore grief, anxiety, queer longing, girlhood, escape from an abusive relationship, and the dangers of lending language to a thing. With stunning wit and precision and attention, we see Ray show us what it is to be human: the mess of tenderness and darkness and animosity. Out of the heavy Florida dusk, out of peach juice and late-night swimming pool break-ins and glances across grocery store aisles come these completely captivating poems. In the words of Stephanie Burt: “Come and see. Take care. Dive in.”Trade Review“It’s hard to stay present in this world: to stay not only alive but alert—to the Florida thunder, to the waves and their corresponding particles, to the ‘lumbering monsters’ of misgovernment in the cereal aisles, to fear and desire and patriarchy’s crossed wires, and to all the ways in which you and I, dear reader, can learn to stand up for ourselves, or even fight back. It’s hard, but Margaret Ray’s first collection makes it happen. Show and tell, f—/marry/bury, ‘Cheez-its,’ ‘Sweet Fears’ and advice from her younger self recur as Ray shows us through he —and not only her—world in the American vernacular, the supple free verse, and the technical variety of this stunning, and scary, and honestly fun, collection. Come and see. Take care. Dive in.”— Stephanie Burt, author of After Callimachus: Poems“This is a book full of heat. No, it’s full of sadness. It’s rich with sensory pleasure. No, it struggles with absence, loss, diminishment. This is a good-humored, tender-hearted book. No, this book is full of edges. This is a book about change. This is a book about staying still. One of the great things about Ray’s lucid, supple narrative lyric poetry is the way it gets the many conflicting tones and emotions of life to co-exist and collaborate to make poems into stages on which all kinds of things can happen. ‘I want to pour/my life into a different container,/but it’s still river water,’ one poem announces. Good Grief, the Ground feels both familiar and quite surprising—and isn’t that what we are ultimately after, in poetry as in life?”— Daisy Fried, author of The Year the City Emptied
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Lifeway Church Resources Define the Relationship
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Bristol University Press Young People Radical Democracy and Community
Book SynopsisFocusing on youth activism for greater equality, liberty and mutual care - radical democracy - this timely collection explores the movement's impacts on community organisations and workers. Essays from the Global North and Global South cover the Black Lives Matter movement, environmental activism and the struggles of refugees.Table of ContentsPART I Young people: radical democracy and community development Introduction: Young people, radical democracy and community development - Janet Batsleer, Harriet Rowley and Demet Lüküslü Thinking/acting with migrants under neoliberalism: "It's horrible to perceive solidarity as merely absorbing the sorrow of one side". - Cihan Erdal PART II Young people acting together for eco-justice Imagining the future under capitalism: young people involved in environmental activism in an economic crisis - Dena Arya Community building for and through sustainable food - Dominic Zimmermann Daring, dissolving and dancing: making communities with water - Róisín O’Gorman PART III Acts of citizenship? Community development, empowerment and youth participation in social-housing neighbourhoods in France - Gülçin Erdi LGBTQ+ young peoples’ sexuality and gender citizenship in digital spaces - Sally Carr and Ali Hanbury Enabling spaces for and with marginalised young people: the case of the Disha peer support and speak out group - Sadhana Natu Meaningful youth engagement in community programming in Kenya - Yvonne Akinyi Ochieng, Su Lyn Corcoran and Kate Pahl PART IV Black lives still matter Conceptualising community development through a pedagogy of convivência: youth, race and territory in Brazil - Fernando Lannes Fernandes and Andrea Rodriguez "I did not want the project to end. For me, it should last forever": exploring a community development framework based on learned lessons from marginalised youth voices in Brazil - Andrea Rodriguez and Fernando Lannes Fernandes Burning work: field map - Christxpher Oliver PART V Practising hope They are not your warriors: intergenerational tensions and practices of hope in young people’s environmental activism - Dena Arya Afterword: Community as prefigurative practice – practices of hope - Janet Batsleer, Harriet Rowley and Demet Lüküsl ü
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HarperCollins Publishers Hell Be OK
Book SynopsisStraight-up, hard-hitting advice on parenting teenage boysAdolescent boys can be difficult to understand barely communicating, isolating themselves, suggestable to drink and drugs. It's no surprise that parents worry about their sons growing up and how they'll turn out and look for help to understand what their boys are going through.Celia Lashlie has the answers. After years of working in the prison service she knows what can happen when boys make the wrong choices. She also knows what it's like to be a parent. Throughout her years working as a researcher and social commentator, Celia has talked to hundreds of boys what she found was surprising, amusing, and in some cases, frightening.In this funny, honest, no-nonsense book, Celia Lashlie reveals what goes on in the world of boys, and with clarity and insight, she offers parents - especially mothers - practical and reassuring advice on raising their boys to become good, loving, articulate men.
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Oxford University Press Inc Children of Coercive Control
Book SynopsisChildren of Coercive Control extends Evan Stark''s path-breaking analysis of interpersonal violence to children, showing that coercive control is the most important cause and context of child abuse and child homicide outside a war zone, as well as of the sexual abuse, denigration, exploitation, isolation and subordination of children. The book provides a working model of the coercive control of children and illustrates its dynamics and consequences with dramatic cases drawn from the headlines and Dr. Stark''s forensic practice. The cases include those in which the coercive control of children runs in tandem with the coercive control of women, where children are weaponized in the coercive control of their mother and cases where abused mothers harm their children to survive or protect them from worse. By highlighting a criminal cause of child maltreatment and a plausible justice response, Evan Stark challenges the common assumptions that child abuse and neglect fall on a continuum of pro
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Oxford University Press The Happiness Effect
Book SynopsisSexting. Cyberbullying. Narcissism. Social media has become the dominant force in young people''s lives, and each day seems to bring another shocking tale of private pictures getting into the wrong hands, or a lament that young people feel compelled to share their each and every thought with the entire world. Have smartphones and social media created a generation of self-obsessed egomaniacs?Absolutely not, Donna Freitas argues in this provocative book. And, she says, these alarmist fears are drawing attention away from the real issues that young adults are facing. Drawing on a large-scale survey and interviews with students on thirteen college campuses, Freitas finds that what young people are overwhelmingly concerned with--what they really want to talk about--is happiness. They face enormous pressure to look perfect online--not just happy, but blissful, ecstatic, and fabulously successful. Unable to achieve this impossible standard, they are anxious about letting the less-than-perfect parts of themselves become public. Far from wanting to share everything, they are brutally selective when it comes to curating their personal profiles, and worry obsessively that they might unwittingly post something that could come back to haunt them later in life. Through candid conversations with young people from diverse backgrounds, Freitas reveals how even the most well-adjusted individuals can be stricken by self-doubt when they compare their experiences with the vast collective utopia that they see online. And sometimes, as on anonymous platforms like Yik Yak, what they see instead is a depressing cesspool of racism and misogyny. Yet young people are also extremely attached to their smartphones and apps, which sometimes bring them great pleasure. It is very much a love-hate relationship.While much of the public''s attention has been focused on headline-grabbing stories, the everyday struggles and joys of young people have remained under the radar. Freitas brings their feelings to the fore, in the words of young people themselves. The Happiness Effect is an eye-opening window into their first-hand experiences of social media and its impact on them.Trade ReviewFreitas's book makes us confront our ever-changing society to help our younger pioneers successfully navigate this technological nuance that is not going away any time soon." - PsycCRITIQUESWith thick description and compelling accounts from youth, Freitas invites the reader to tour American collegiate life as she showcases how social media exacerbates the pressure that today's students feel to be happy and successful. The Happiness Effect demonstrates how timeless collegiate practices are being reshaped by the anxiety and stress students face, asking hard questions about technology and social life." - Danah boyd, author of It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked TeensAn eye-opening, data-driven look at how young people use social media to craft their images, keep tabs on their peers, and create their identities. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how technology is shaping an entire generation of Americans." - Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies and ZeroesIn the age of social media, we live a new state of self: 'I share, therefore I am.' Here, media researcher Donna Freitas explores what this means for a generation that has never known another way of life. Or as one young man put is to Freitas, reflecting on a date with his girlfriend: 'It's not an official event until we have taken a selfie.' What Freitas finds is poignant, disturbing: There is only one way to be in public: smiling. Read this book to better understand the alienations that follow when we validate our private lives in public spaces." - Sherry Turkle, Professor, MIT; Author of Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age and Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each OtherAttention-grabbing research that amply shows the many detriments of social media, particularly for young adults." -KirkusIn this extremely readable and hugely informative book, Freitas clarifies with tenderness and insight the profound challenges and implications of social networking for young adults. Psychologically astute, soulful, and full of wisdom, this book should be required reading for college students everywhere, as well as for adults who want to help this generation of digital pioneers." - Catherine Steiner-Adair, author of The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital AgeWhen I want to know what college students are thinking and feeling, I turn to Donna Freitas. At a moment when college students' happiness is at an all-time low, we need this book. Combining vibrant storytelling, original research, and cultural critique, The Happiness Effect is required reading for anyone parenting or teaching college students." - Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl OutFreitas takes a thoughtful look at dilemmas arising from young people's social media use. Her opinion, based on interviews with 184 students at 13 colleges in the U.S. and 884 survey responses, is that there are more insidious problems than rampant bullying and sexting. " - Publishers WeeklyThe Happiness Effect is a compassionate and well-meaning introduction to the perils and pleasures of social media . . ." - Bitch MagazineThe headlong rush into a digital future has brought anguish as well as enlightenment. It makes people seamlessly connected, better informed and able to achieve things that were unimaginable not long ago. But it has not made them happy. Freitas's students are fretful, restless and insecure - addicted to apps, plagued by their fears of missing out, and longing to be 'liked.'" - John Gapper, The Financial TimesAs Freitas puts it, Facebook and Twitter are, in a way, the anti-confession, the places we pretend that we have it all together, as though we were the gods of our own future. The gospel challenges the assumption that confessing weakness and need makes you a failure. Those who minister to young adults will have an important task in opening up space for them to honestly confide their brokenness. It is only here that transformation happens, as God meets us in our weakness." - Andrew Root, Christianity TodayDonna Freitas argues in this provocative book . . . these alarmist fears are drawing attention away from the real issues that young adults are facing. While much of the public's attention has been focused on headline-grabbing stories, the everyday struggles and joys of young people have remained under the radar. Freitas brings their feelings to the fore, in the words of young people themselves. The Happiness Effect is an eye-opening window into their first-hand experiences of social media and its impact on them." - Regal CritiquesShe [Freitas] limits herself to a single topic-the effect of social media on the lives of college students-that turns out to have myriad dimensions, each of them explored in informative, artfully crafted chapters on selfies and self-image, sex and sexting, public and private identity, and more." -The Gospel CoalitionTable of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction: Masters of Happiness 1) The Importance of Being "Liked" 2) The Professionalization of Facebook 3) My Name is My Brand and My Brand is Happiness! 4) The Selfie Generation 5) Performing for God 6) Virtual Playgrounds 7) An Acceptable Level of Meanness 8) So You Wanna Make that Facebook Official? 9) The Ethics of Sexting 10) My Smartphone and Me 11) Taking a Timeout from the Timeline Conclusion Appendix: Methodology Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Community Service Social Responsibility in Youth
Book SynopsisAn analysis of the beneficial effects of community service on the political and moral identity of adolescents. It uses a case study from a predominantly black, urban high school in Washington, D.C., building on the work of Erik Erikson on the social and historical nature of identity development.Table of ContentsPreface Ch. 1: Service for Today's Youth and for the Right Reasons Ch. 2: Social-Historical Identity: A Theoretical Framework for Service Ch. 3: Community Service at St. Francis High School Ch. 4: Getting to Know Homelessness Ch. 5: Forming a Political Habit Ch. 6: A Moral Gyroscope Ch. 7: On Being a Black American Ch. 8: The Continuing Identity Process: After High School Ch. 9: Ten Ideas for Designing and Implementing Community-Service Programs Ch. 10: Identities in the Making References Index
£76.00
National Academies Press Improving the Health Safety and WellBeing of Young Adults
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National Academies Press Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Youth Without Family to Lean On
Book SynopsisYouth Without Family to Lean On draws together interdisciplinary, global perspectives to provide a comprehensive review of the characteristics, dynamics, and development of youth (aged 1525) who have no family to lean on, either practically or psychologically.In this timely volume, Mozes and Israelashvili bring together leading international experts to present updated knowledge, information on existing interventions, and unanswered questions in relation to youth without family to lean on, in pursuit of fostering these youth's positive development. The various chapters in this book include discussions on different topics such as social support, developing a sense of belonging, parental involvement, and internalized vs. externalized problems; on populations, including homeless youth, residential care-leavers, refugees, asylum-seekers, young women coming from vulnerable families, and school dropouts; and interventions to promote these youths'' mentoring relationships, Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForewordList of ContributorsPart I: Foreword1. Those who we expect to be "self-made adults"Moshe Israelashvili & Shula MozesPart II: Topics2. Sources of social support: Improving outcomes for transition-age foster youthLoring P. Jones3. Finding a Sense of Belonging in the Absence of FamilyKelly-Ann Allen, Emily Berger, Tim Campbell, Margaret U'Ren, & Michelle L. Andrews4. Future orientation: Where there is a will there is a wayRachel Seginer5. Family Support and Young Adult Labor Market AttainmentStacy Bluth & Anna Manzoni6. The transition to adulthood among young people in residential care: A review of the determinants of emancipation processes in SpainAlbert Cabellos Vidal, Josep Lluís Oliver Torelló, Jorge Fernández del Valle, & Joan Amer Fernández7. Mentoring Relationships in the Lives of Care Leavers during the Transition to Adulthood: Contributions and ChallengesYafit Sulimani-Aidan8. Positive Youth Development: A Platform for a University Training ExperienceCarmen Orte, María Valero de Vicente, Margarita Vives Barceló, Belén Pascual Barrio, & Lidia Sánchez-Prieto9. Is there a family to lean on? An intersectional approach to parent involvement in their children’s schooling Audrey Addi-Raccah10. Who will get the most of the intervention program? Lamerhav's explorations of ways to identify youth in need for further supportNatan Gelman & Shula MozesPart III: Populations11. Residential care-leaving in the Global South: A review of the current literatureKwabena Frimpong-Manso12. Need-centered support for young refugees in Germany Hannes Reinke, Tobias Kärner, & Tobias Ringeisen13. The Life of an Island Child – Where are the Parents? Janique. N Charles14. Homeless Youth in India Solomon Ranati & Shreeletha Solomon15. An inclusive and Sustainable future life for Young Asylum-SeekersDi Maggio Ilaria, Santilli Sara, Ginevra Maria Cristina & Nota Laura16. Leaving the Yeshiva High School and Losing Parental Support: The Case of Male Ultra-Orthodox Dropout in IsraelItzhaki-Braun, Yael & Yablon, YacobPart IV: Programs17. Wraparound: An Adaptable, Promising Intervention to Support Isolated Youth or those At-Risk Lucy Rose Lightfoot, Ian de Terte, Kirsty Ross, Richard Etheredge, & Ruth A. Gammon18. Young Latin American women with vulnerable families: A program promoting positive development and opportunitiesDina Krauskopf Roger & Sharling Hernández19. IT communication tools and techniques to support the coming of age: A focus on children and youth in childcare Andrea Rácz, Ernő Bogács, & Marianna Jonkl20. The Foster Youth Success Campaign Dione Milan K. Washington21. Polish youth with limited family support: Externalizing and internalizing problemsKrzysztof Ostaszewski, Agnieszka Pisarska, Krzysztof Bobrowski & Jakub Greń22. From Welfare Dependence to Independence: Orr-Shalom programs for graduates of out-of-home living placements Yair Medalion, Sharon Levin, Yana Kadosh, & Nurit Yirmiya23. The ‘Building My Future’ community-based intervention program to promote youth development in adolescents at psychosocial risk Chloe García-Poole, Sonia Byrne & María José Rodrigo24. "Lamerhav" – an Israeli program for Young Adults without Family Support Shula MozesPart V: Afterword 25. Emerging needs in the context of youth with no family to lean on Shula Mozes & Moshe IsraelashviliIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Archetype
Book SynopsisCommonly dismissed as mystical by scientists, archetypes were described by Jung as biological entities, which have evolved through natural selection, and which, if they exist at all, must be amenable to empirical study. Anthony Stevens has discovered the key to opening up this long-ignored scientific approach to the archetype.Trade Review`I recommend Dr Stevens' book as one of the best introductions to (Jung's) thought and its practical applications.' - Dr Anthony Storr, Times Literary Supplement`A remarkable book.' - Eliot Slater`A major contribution to Jungian studies.' - Dr Glin Bennett, British Medical Journal`Dr Anthony Stevens has made a major contribution to Jungian studies as well as indicating the common ground between seemingly incompatible disciplines.' - Dr Glin Bennet, BMJ`At last, a well written definitive book on C.G. Jung's archetypes.' - Time-News` ... Stevens writes not only with clarity but with refreshing personal commitment (even self-exposure). In combining Jungian and ethological approaches the author draws together a very wide range of fascinating material from the study of animal and human behaviour, from therapeutic work with many patients and from recent neuro-logical research. The greater part of the book, however, is devoted to perceptive and invaluable studies of the archetypes in practice - the archetype of the family, the mother, the father, of the masculine and the feminine and, most illuminatingly, of the `shadow' side of all of us.' - Ronald Higgins, Resurgence`Every science breeds its own vocabulary ... is a mark of grace in the author of this fascinating book that he plays fair; he provides a glossary ... Most readers, I think will find something that speaks to their condition and gives them something to chew over on a sleepless night.' - Sydney Carter, The Tablet`... exceedingly rich book... very worthwhile reading as Stevens produces a clear elucidation of archetypal theory and also demonstrates its sound clinical and practical application.' - Elizabeth Gee, British Journal of PsychiatryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. A note to the reader. Personal Introduction.Part one: Archetypes in History. Jung and The Ethologists. Archetypes and Meaning. The Archetypal Hypothesis. Archetypes and Behaviour. Archetypes and Experience. Part Two: Archetypes in Practice. The Family. The Mother. The Father. On the Frustration of Archetypal Intent. Personal Identity and the Stages of Life. The Archetypal Masculine and Feminine. Shadow: The Archetypal Enemy. Synthesis and Integration. On Being in Two Minds. A Question of Balance. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
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University of California Press Drop That Knowledge
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University of California Press Lives in Limbo
Book SynopsisMining the results of an extraordinary twelve-year study that followed 150 undocumented young adults in Los Angeles, this book exposes the failures of a system that integrates children into K-12 schools but ultimately denies them the rewards of their labor.Trade Review"Based on an impressive ethnographic study carried out over twelve years, the book brings to light the rich and detailed voices and experiences of the 1.5 generation." NACLA: Report on the Americas "A must-read... This book is a critical addition to blossoming research on the undocumented 1.5-generation." City & SocietyTable of ContentsForeword by Jose Antonio Vargas Preface Acknowledgments 1. Contested Membership over Time 2. Undocumented Young Adults in Los Angeles: College-Goers and Early Exiters 3. Childhood: Inclusion and Belonging 4. School as a Site of Belonging and Conflict 5. Adolescence: Beginning the Transition to Illegality 6. Early Exiters: Learning to Live on the Margins 7. College-Goers: Managing the Distance between Aspirations and Reality 8. Adulthood: How Immigration Status Becomes a Master Status 9. Conclusion: Managing Lives in Limbo Notes References Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Hooligans and Rebels
Book SynopsisIn this fascinating book, Stephen Humphries examines all aspects of childhood delinquency, from hooliganism, teenage gangs and vandalism to juvenile crime and classroom anarchy. He shows that far from being simply the product of contemporary society, the rebellion of under-privileged children and youth has a long and compelling history. By drawing on oral testimonies and forgotten documentary accounts, the author evokes a vivid picture of young people at war with adults in the days when children were to be seen and not heard. The recollections of working-class people, rarely if ever heard in conventional histories, provide an authentic and often moving account of how working-class children coped with an often harsh and oppressive world. Hooligans and Rebels will be welcomed by all those interested in oral history, and the history of youth in modern British society.Table of Contents1. Deprivation and Depravity: A Review of the Theory. 2. Subverting the School Syllabus. 3. Challenges to Classroon Coercion. 4. School Strikes: Pupils and Parents Protest. 5. Larking About: Pranks and Parody. 6. Social Crime and Family Survival. 7. Street Gangs: Revolt, Rivalry and Racism. 8. Reformatories: Resistance to Repression. Notes and References. A Brief Guide to Oral History Material. Further Reading. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Youth Culture and the Music Industry in
Book SynopsisThis book explores young Cambodians' perceptions of their place in today's society and how they interact with the country's arts and culture scene. The popularity of Cambodian hip-hop among youth presents an opportunity for research to dive deeper into the roles of popular music in society and how these roles, in turn, shape Cambodian cultural identities.Research on the above-mentioned topic by local researchers is scarce. There is a gap in the research on the topic of identity, its connection to arts and culture, and how these two are positioned in a broader context of Cambodian identity politics and cultural economy. This book aims to provide a starting point for observation and conversation about youth cultural identities and the subtexts of certain narratives disseminated through music. The book contributes to the global research agenda by adding to the few voices in academia looking at localised models of cultural economies and trying to understand them based on local phTable of Contents1 Introduction 2 The Ecosystem of Cambodia’s arts and culture 3 Young Cambodians, cultural identities, and generational differences 4 Music and its reinterpretation in current discourse 5 Connecting the dots: A juncture of identity, youth, culture, tradition, and modernity
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Routledge Mindfulness for Child and Adolescent WellBeing
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Educators as First Responders
Book SynopsisEducators as First Responders is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to adolescent development and mental health for teachers and other educators of students in grades 6-12. Today's schools are at the forefront of supporting adolescents with increasingly complex, challenging psychosocial needs. Moreover, students are more likely to seek out a trusted teacher, advisor, or coach for support than to confide directly in a parent or even a school counselor. Succinct and accessible, this book provides tips and strategies that teachers, coaches, nurses, counselors, and other school professionals can put into immediate use with students in varying degrees of distress. These evidence-based practices and real-world classroom examples will help you understand the whole student, a developing individual shaped not just by parental pressure or psychiatric diagnosis but by school and broader cultural and systemic forces. Trade Review"This is a relevant, current, and timely resource for educators at a moment when supporting the mental and emotional health of adolescents is increasingly and critically urgent! Dr. Offner shares her deep understanding of adolescents and of schools with a distinctly engaging book that provides essential insights, compelling stories, provocative questions, and practical advice for teachers to develop their skills for supporting students and to advocate for improved school culture and policy. A must-read."—Karen Lassey, Ed.D., Assistant Principal at Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire"Deborah Offner has written an important, useful book to help every teacher deal with the psychological storms that sweep through their classrooms. Her clinical wisdom and practical guidance are developmentally sound and totally on target, and her clear writing and vivid examples will be recognized by every teacher. If educators only read one book to help prepare them to aid struggling adolescents, it should be Educators as First Responders."—Michael Thompson, Ph.D., New York Times Bestselling Author and International Speaker and School Consultant"Educators as First Responders provides us with keen insights and practical ways to navigate and address the conflicting currents evident among adolescents today. Dr. Offner’s years of clinical and hands-on experience shines as she guides the reader through topics such as the development of students’ identities, the effects of stress, academic rigor, and technology-influenced social relationships. Dr. Offner’s care and commitment to supporting educators is demonstrated through her masterful yet easy-to-read use of language and anecdotes that engage our minds and speak to our hearts."—Jennifer Peck-Nolte, School Counselor at Princeton Day School, New Jersey "From the outset, Deborah Offner centers her work around the most overlooked and critical parts of our jobs as educators: our relationships with and responses to our students’ social and emotional needs. While we educators know that our students’ well-being is in our hands, we also know that our ability to help a student who reaches out to us in crisis depends on the effectiveness of our response. This is what causes many educators the greatest amount of angst and handwringing, because, as Dr. Offner asserts, we ‘are not trained for this!’Finally, we have a book from a renowned clinical psychologist and school consultant with over twenty years of experience who provides educators with an accessible guide to adolescent development and mental health. Not only does Dr. Offner offer a solid foundation for understanding the adolescent brain, but she also includes scenarios between teachers and students that play out in classrooms every day in order to provide tips and skills that will build teacher confidence and competence and ensure positive outcomes for our students.Now, more than ever, this book fills a void and provides much-needed guidance for educators to respond effectively to students’ myriad social and emotional needs. In acknowledging educators as first responders, Dr. Offner’s book directly addresses the adolescent mental health crisis by equipping school staff with the necessary toolkit to help our students thrive."—Jenny Robertson, English teacher at Newton South High School, MassachusettsTable of ContentsSection I: Educators and Adolescents 1. Educators As First Responders 2. The Adolescent Mind 3. They Did What? Risk, Reward, and Impulsivity 4. Worried, Sad, or Something More? Section II: Outside Forces 5. Race and Culture 6. Socioeconomic Considerations 7. Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation 8. Crisis Section III: Strengthening Their Circle of Support 9. Meet the Parents 10. Encouraging an Emotionally Healthy School
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IngramSpark Scrawled Out Timeline Poetry Collection
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Cambridge University Press Youth Movements and Elections in Eastern Europe
Book SynopsisAt the turn of the twenty-first century, a tide of nonviolent youth movements swept across Eastern Europe. Young people demanded political change in repressive political regimes that emerged since the collapse of communism. The Serbian social movement Otpor (Resistance) played a vital role in bringing down Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. Inspired by Otpor''s example, similar challenger organizations were formed in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, and Ukraine. The youth movements, however, differed in the extent to which they could mobilize citizens against the authoritarian governments on the eve of national elections. This book argues that the movement''s tactics and state countermoves explain, in no small degree, divergent social movement outcomes. Using data from semi-structured interviews with former movement participants, public opinion polls, government publications, non-governmental organization (NGO) reports, and newspaper articles, the book traces state-movement interactions in five Trade Review'This work provides a refreshing approach to these electoral revolutions, foregrounding the agency of youth activists and incumbents … this is a well-rounded, thoughtful study of youth movements in the region, and its key take away is to highlight the creativity and skill needed to 'outwit' a government and engage ordinary citizens in mobilization.' Emma Mateo, Harvard Ukrainian StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Elections as an opportunity for political change; 3. Youth's revolt against the regime; 4. Otpor's nonviolent resistance in Serbia; 5. Zubr's struggle against authoritarianism in Belarus; 6. Kmara! Enough of corruption and poverty in Georgia; 7. Pora! Youth's mobilization in Ukraine; 8. The emergence of youth movements in Azerbaijan; 9. Conclusion.
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Palgrave Macmillan Queer Youth Histories
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter One: Queer Youth Histories: An Introduction; Daniel Marshall.- Chapter Two:Toward Psychosexual Development: Preliminaries to Queer Youth Prehistory; Diederik F. Janssen.- Chapter Three: Perverse Plasticity in G. Stanley Hall’s Modern American Adolescence; Don Romesburg.- Chapter Four: Same-sex Desire and Young New Zealanders before 1950; Chris Brickell.- Chapter Five:“‘We Will Never Betray You, Brothers and Sisters:’ Queer Youth and the Intellectual History of Gay Liberation across the Anglo-American World”; Scott de Groot.- Chapter Six: “Cherishing all the Children of the Nation Equally” – Gay Youth Organisation and Activism in Ireland; Patrick James McDonagh and Páraic Kerrigan.- Chapter Seven: The “New” Trans Child: Pioneering Families and Documentary Television; Jessica Ann Vooris.- Chapter Eight: Between Norms and Differences : The Online Histories of Quebec's Queer Youth; Roberto Ortiz Nunez and Dominique Meunier.- Chapter Nine: The Print Culture of ‘Bombay Dost’:The “Recent Past” of Queer Youth in Postcolonial India; Pawan Singh.- Chapter Ten: Tuning into yourself: queer coming of age and music; Marion Wasserbauer.- Chapter Eleven: Escaping to a Digital Congregation: LGBTQIA Mormon Youth on Tumblr and the Rise and Decline of Queerstake; David Eichert.- Chapter Twelve: Historical and contemporary silences: the experiences of queer Muslim youth; Shanon Shah Mohd Sidik.- Chapter Thirteen: Schoolgirl lesbians in Hong Kong: (A)historicity, temporality, and survival; Sonia Wong.- Chapter Fourteen: Growing up needing the past: an activist’s reflection on the history of LGBT History Month in the UK; Sue Sanders.- Chapter Fifteen: Being a young gay person in the 1970s: reflections on reading Young, Gay and Proud; Karen Charman.- Chapter Sixteen: Mundjulk: One plant, many leaves; Laniyuk Garcon.- Index
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Evil Children in the Popular Imagination
Book SynopsisFrom novels to music videos, photography to video games, the evil child haunts a range of texts and comes in a variety of forms, including changelings, ferals, and monstrous newborns.Trade Review“Evil Children is an encyclopedic survey of the supernatural and ‘supernormal’ young that haunt our popular culture. … her book is a terrific resource for childhood scholars who may want to research and teach representations of the bad and the ugly alongside the good.” (Adam Golub, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 11 (2), 2018)Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Monstrous Births2. Gifted Children3. Child Ghosts4. Possessed Children5. Ferals6. ChangelingsPrimary SourcesWorks CitedIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Participatory Evaluation in Youth and Community
Book SynopsisEvaluation is an essential element of professional practice. However, there is little in the literature that is designed to help students involve and support young people in evaluating the impact of youth work activities. This comprehensive book explores current thinking about evaluation in the context of youth work and community work and offers both theoretical understanding and practical guidance for students, practitioners, organisational leaders and commissioners. Part 1 provides underpinning knowledge of the origins, purpose and functions of evaluation. It charts the developments in evaluation thinking over the past 50 years, and includes an exploration of theory of change'. Concepts such as impact, impact measurement and shared measurement are critically examined to illustrate the political nature of evaluation. Findings from empirical research are used to illuminate the challenges of applying a quasi-experimental paradigm of evaluation of youth and communitTrade Review'Bringing her extensive practice, research and teaching experience to the task, Susan Cooper provides an excellent and welcome treatise on participatory evaluation, confidently putting young people at the centre of the process. Offering a step by step method, this timely book will enable practitioners, not only in youth work but in the human services more widely, to incorporate evaluation as a core aspect of empowering practice.' - Dave Ward, Professor of Social and Community Studies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK'Participation seems to be a taming force in evaluation, making it fit the youth work context. Using a participatory approach enables us to recognizing the value of different opinions and it gives people their say. But as Sue Cooper reminds us, participation is not just about evidence and youth work, but also one way of keeping democracy alive in modern society. Every politician should read this book.' - Anu Gretschel, Senior Researcher Ph.D., Finnish Youth Research Network, Finland Table of ContentsIntroduction; What is youth work?; What are youth work outcomes?; Overview of book; PART I. Evaluation: Nature, Politics and Tensions; Chapter 1: What is Evaluation?; Unpacking ‘evaluation’; What is evaluation for?; Different paradigmatic approaches; The evolving nature of evaluation; Introducing ‘Theory of Change’; The problem with evaluation; Chapter 2: The Politics of Evaluation; The political context; Understanding ‘impact’; Shared measurement; What counts as ‘evidence’?; Chapter 3: Practitioners’ Tensions and Dilemmas; Generating data replaces ‘real’ work; Accounting systems are reductionist; Funder-led practice; Tensions between targets and authenticity; Tensions between targets and values; PART II. Participatory Evaluation; Chapter 4: What is Participatory Evaluation?; Defining participatory evaluation; Underpinning philosophy and values; Developments in participatory evaluation; Participation and empowerment; Models of participation; Making the case for participatory evaluation in youth and community work; Chapter 5: Participatory Evaluation Approaches; Similarities and distinguishing features; Empowerment evaluation; Empowerment evaluation in practice; Collaborative evaluation; Collaborative evaluation in practice; Democratic evaluation; Democratic evaluation in practice; The challenges associated with stakeholder involvement; Chapter 6: Transformative Evaluation; Rationale; Theoretical foundations; Transformative evaluation in practice; The four stages of Transformative Evaluation; Challenges associated with transformative evaluation; Tried and tested; Chapter 7: Learning in Participatory Evaluation; Learning and accountability: A dichotomy?; Learning in evaluation; Five types of ‘process use’; Learning in the moment; Learning through collective reflection; Empowerment; PART III. Participatory Evaluation in Practice; Chapter 8: Preparing for Evaluation; Clarifying and articulating purpose; Developing a theory of change; Considering ethics; Engaging stakeholders; Resources; Chapter 9: Data in Participatory Evaluation; Who ‘generates’ data?; What data are needed?; Quantitative and qualitative data; Issues of trustworthiness in participatory evaluation; Factors influencing decisions about data generation methods; Chapter 10: Methods for Generating Data; Questionnaires; Interviews; Observation; Story-telling; Chapter 11: Analysing Data; Approaches to data analysis; Analysing quantitative data; Analysing qualitative data; Content analysis; Coding data and generating themes; Content analysis in Transformative Evaluation; Involving stakeholders in data analysis; Chapter 12: Sharing Knowledge; Voice, audience and message; Writing an evaluation report; Other forms of sharing knowledge; Meta-evaluation: Sharing learning about evaluation; Conclusion; Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Evangelical Youth Culture
Book SynopsisThis book offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich study of the intersections of contemporary Christianity and youth culture, focusing on evangelical engagements with punk, hip hop, surfing, and skateboarding. Ibrahim Abraham draws on interviews and fieldwork with dozens of musicians and sports enthusiasts in the USA, UK, Australia, and South Africa, and the analysis of evangelical subcultural media including music, film, and extreme sports Bibles.Evangelical Youth Culture: Alternative Music and Extreme Sports Subcultures makes innovative use of multiple theories of youth cultures and subcultures from sociology and cultural studies, and introduces the serious leisure perspective to the study of religion, youth, and popular culture. Engaging with the experiences of Pentecostal punks, surfing missionaries, township rappers, and skateboarding youth pastors, this book makes an original contribution to the sociology of religion, youth studies, and the study of religiTrade ReviewProbably the smartest book I’ve seen on the topic of evangelical Christian youth culture, and easily the most global in scope. Grounded in state-of-the-art social science and cultural studies methods, based on research and interviews conducted on four continents, this study probes the complexly ambivalent relationships between Christian and secular subcultures devoted to popular music and extreme sports. No one interested in understanding contemporary youth culture, religious or otherwise, should miss this consistently insightful, rigorous, and witty book. * David Stowe, Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University, USA *Offering a sharp critical lens on an impressive range of sociological and ethnographic research, Abraham provides smart insights on the complicated integration of evangelical Christianity into a variety of alternative scenes. This book is particularly valuable for its attention to global-local dynamics in processes of religious culture-making. * Anna E. Nekola, Assistant Professor in Communication, Music, and Queer Studies, Denison University, USA *The author is providing a window onto a little understood part of youth culture. The book will be well received. * Andrew Singleton, Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion, Deakin University, Australia *This book offers rich data, and demonstrates astute engagement with - and an original contribution to - debates on contemporary evangelicalism and contemporary Christianities, religion and popular culture, and religion and youth cultures. * Anna Strhan, Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Kent, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1.Evangelical Christianity and youth subculture theory 2.Christian punk in an age of authenticity 3.Postsecular punk: Christianity’s contested inclusion in alternative music scenes 4.Evangelical extreme sports subcultures and youth development ministry 5.Serious leisure and salvation anxiety in Evangelical youth culture 6.Fear of a black magic: Evangelical opposition to alternative youth culture Conclusion References Index
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Crossway Books 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask about
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Substance Misuse and Young People
Book SynopsisSubstance Misuse and Young People: Critical Issues is a comprehensive source of information on young people's requirements for assessment, treatment and other interventions because of their misuse of substances. It highlights approaches that enhance understanding of the routes that lead young people to substance misuse and also the routes away from it. The emergence of new substances and methods of misuse makes this ever more relevant. The authors are international experts in the fields of psychiatry, paediatrics, medicine, psychology, genetics, resilience, neuropharmacology and epidemiology.This book acknowledges how widespread both substance misuse and psychiatric disorders are and explores the complex, challenging links between co-occurring conditions. Use of substances is associated with illness and premature mortality, and more so for people who have combined disorders. The authors critically assess the vital need for intervention during adolescence and eTrade Review"Given the current crisis in adolescent mental health services, this timely handbook is a valuable and enlightening contribution to discussion, training and education. It explains the why and how of substance misuse among young people and gives guidance on what to do. The overall framing derives from addiction psychiatry but is relevant to all professions in today’s multi-disciplinary, multi-agency set of services. Succinct, clear and accessible chapters include comprehensive literature and evidence reviews, demonstrate the critical issue of complexity and show the way forward for prevention and early intervention."- Professor Susanne MacGregor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine"Drug use generally starts when people are young so it is vital to understand the roles played by various factors in order to improve prevention, minimise immediate and enduring associated harms and optimise treatment. This book brings together a range of experts to provide the latest evidence alongside pragmatic advice in all these areas. It is a vital resource as specialist knowledge and services may be hard to access resulting in a large unmet need."- Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes, Professor of Addiction Biology, Imperial College London & Hon Consultant Psychiatrist, Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust. 'Given the current crisis in adolescent mental health services, this timely handbook is a valuable and enlightening contribution to discussion, training and education. It explains the why and how of substance misuse among young people and gives guidance on what to do. The overall framing derives from addiction psychiatry but is relevant to all professions in today’s multi-disciplinary, multi-agency set of services. Succinct, clear and accessible chapters include comprehensive literature and evidence reviews, demonstrate the critical issue of complexity and show the way forward for prevention and early intervention.'- Professor Susanne MacGregor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine'Drug use generally starts when people are young so it is vital to understand the roles played by various factors in order to improve prevention, minimise immediate and enduring associated harms and optimise treatment. This book brings together a range of experts to provide the latest evidence alongside pragmatic advice in all these areas. It is a vital resource as specialist knowledge and services may be hard to access resulting in a large unmet need.' - Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes, Professor of Addiction Biology, Imperial College London & Hon Consultant Psychiatrist, Central North West London NHS Foundation TrustTable of ContentsChapter 1. Setting the Scene: Young People who Use and Misuse SubstancesCrome & WilliamsPART 1: Background ConsiderationsChapter 2. The Historical Context of Drug Use by Young PeopleMoldChapter 3. Drug Use from Adolescence to Later Years: Persistence or ProgressRobertson, Priyadarshi & JamesChapter 4. The Nature of Adolescence and its Family, Societal, Community, Cultural and Developmental ChallengesDruryChapter 5. Psychosocial Resilience, Adaptive Capacities and the Psychosocial ApproachWilliams & KempChapter 6. Acute Management of Substance Use Disorders in YouthCourtney & MilinPart 2: Epidemiology and Determinants of Substance Use and MisuseChapter 7.Epidemiology of Substance-Related Abuse Disorders Among Young PeopleFrisher & WestonChapter 8. Psychological Determinants of Substance Misuse by Young PeopleMcArdleChapter 9. Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Adolescent Alcohol UseClarke & CristChapter 10. Substance Misuse and Young People: Reward MechanismsNestor & NuttChapter 11. Pharmacogenetics of Opioid Addiction. Are They Relevant to Young People?Davey & BaldacchinoPart 3: The Drugs that Are Used and MisusedChapter 12. Central Nervous System DepressantsBloor & SgourosChapter 13. StimulantsBloor & SgourosChapter 14. CannabinoidsSgourosChapter 15. Novel Psychoactive Substances and InhalantsBloor & SgourosPart 4: Young People Who Have Particular NeedsChapter 16. Long-term Care Management of Young People: Substance Use and Misuse by Young People Who Have Long-term ConditionsGleeson & McDonaghChapter 17. Young People Who Use and Misuse Substances While They are PregnantBrandt, Moser & FischerChapter 18. Substance Misuse and Comorbid Psychiatric DisordersAhuja & CromeChapter 19. Substance Misuse and Forensic Adolescent Mental HealthBailey, Chitsabesan & TheodosiouPart 5: Needs Assessment, Screening and DiagnosisChapter 20. Needs Assessment: Assessing the Needs of Young People Who Use or Misuse SubstancesBloorChapter 21. Classification and Diagnosis: ICD-10 and DSM-5 and their Application to Young People Who Have Substance Use DisordersSgourosChapter 22. Screening and Standardised Assessment of Young PeopleBloorChapter 23. Diagnostic Laboratory InvestigationsBloorPart 6: Intervening to Help Young PeopleChapter 24. Educational and Family Approaches to Drug Prevention for Young PeopleCarlin & LeeChapter 25. Psychosocial TreatmentsTaylorChapter 26. Pharmacological InterventionsJudge & MellenChapter 27. Treatment of Adolescents Who Have Co-occurring Substance Misuse and Suicidal BehavioursGoldston, Tunno & Esposito-SmythersChapter 28. Towards A Learning Stance in Teams: Developing a Community of Practice to Capture and Disseminate What Works for WhomBevington
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Little, Brown & Company Who Are You & What Have You Done with My Kid?:
Book SynopsisSo you have a Tween! What now? Dr. Amanda Craig knows what it's like to watch your child go from sweet elementary student to moody tween in the span of just a few years and she's here to help navigate you through it!How do we keep our kids close while cultivating the confidence they'll need to grow up? How do we navigate the inevitable dips, divides, and potholes? Where do we find the strength, self-awareness, and wisdom that amount to a path forward?Despite the parenting opportunities in the tween years, we often spend time focused on academics and the social concerns of elementary school then quickly pivot to worries about safety, drugs, sex and the rebellious behavioral issues of the teen years. We think we're connecting but we're not. We miss the neurological explosion that is taking place before us as tweens experience four significant changes that shake them (and us) to their core.- Their brains are changing.- They feel and experience emotions they do not recognize.- They're hyperaware of themselves.- They do not know how to express themselves.Most importantly, parents still have a "seat at the table" to make positive impressions on their tweens as they prepare them for the teenage years.
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Mo'love LLC Too Much CJ!
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Emerald Publishing Limited Sociological Studies of Children and Youth:
Book SynopsisComing from a range of methodological and theoretical orientations, this volume showcases the lives of children and the policies that shape children's lives on five continents. Across these research articles, it becomes clear that we cannot continue to assume a certain meaning of childhood, because this concept is bound by both cultural and structural factors. Cultural expectations influence how societies view children and how children view themselves. A handful of these studies show how immigrant children and youth provide particularly interesting insight as they navigate more than one cultural context. Structural factors also become salient, as children come from unequal backgrounds, different levels of economic development, and face varying political concerns. While these papers come from different doorsteps of the world, cultural and structural threads of continuity connect them as meaningful for children. This volume illustrates how international childhood researchers can use current concepts and theories into unlikely contexts exposing their limitations and helping to inform more versatile and robust lines of thinking for children and youth studies.Table of ContentsIntroduction: International Perspectives on Children and Youth. (L.E. Bass). Working Children in Zimbabwe. (M.F.C. Bourdillon). Toys and Games: Childhoods in the Parque das Nacoes Favela in Brazil. (E. Volfzon Kosminsky, L. Daniel). Transition to Adulthood in Japan and Korea: An Overview. (H. Park, G.D. Sandefur). Ethnic Identity and Segmented Assimilation among Second-Generation Chinese Youth. (H.H. Hiller, V. Chow). The Radicalization of the Self - "Beyond" Generational Order: German Children's Literature as a Case Study. (D. Buhler-Niederberger). Children's Views on Children's Rights. A Comparative Study of Spain and Italy. (A. Saporiti et al). Involving Children in Social Policy: A Case Study from Northern Ireland. (M. Leonard). The Generationing of Power: A Comparison of Child-Parent and Sibling Relations in Scotland. (S. Punch). A Tale of Two Cities: Health-Compromising Behaviors between Hungarian and American Youth. (K.M. Fitzpatrick, B.F. Piko, D.R. Wright). Mapping Changes in the Social Lives of Children: An Analysis of Activities and Best Practice Initiated Through School Based Mentoring in Philadelphia. (S. Butler). The Impact of War, Adult HIV/AIDS, and Militarization on Young Children's Mortality. (S. Carlton-Ford). Changes in Nonmarital Cohabitation and the Family Structure Experiences of Children across 17 Countries. (J.M. Timberlake, P. Heuveline). About the Authors.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Childhood, Youth and Activism: Demands for Rights
Book SynopsisIn a time of ongoing global instability and the emergence of new fault lines of social inequality generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the rights of children and young people have been thrown into sharp relief. From uncertain futures arising from the climate crisis to concerns about regressive and reactionary politics to widespread experiences of harassment, abuse and violence, young people and their advocates are mobilising for social change and making their voices heard. Across a variety of topics that engage diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, Childhood, Youth and Activism: Demands for Rights and Justice from Young People and their Advocates offers a rich exploration of the dynamics between children, youth, activism, and advocacy. The chapters investigate the forms of agency expressed by young people themselves, the hope embodied in social movements, and the centrality of activism and advocacy for creating more hopeful and just futures. Considering the meanings of activism by and for children and young people in the twenty-first century, this edited collection is a valuable resource for scholars, educators and practitioners interested in the intersections of childhood and youth studies, activism and movements for social change.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Activism, Rights and Hope: Young People and Their Advocates Mobilising for Social Change; Katie Wright and Julie Mcleod Chapter 2. Discovering Children’s Voices: Debating Children’s Rights and Participation in the International Year of the Child (1979); Isobelle Barrett Meyering Chapter 3. Adults Claiming Child Rights: Activism, Temporality and Abuse in Childhood; Katie Wright, Malin Arvidsson, Johanna Sköld, Shurlee Swain, and Sari Braithwaite Chapter 4. ‘When we can’t vote, action is all we have’: Student Climate Politics, Rights and Justice; Philippa Collin, Judith Bessant, and Rob Watts Chapter 5. Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education: Potato Smashing, Laying on Couch and Asking for a Key; Maija Lanas, Maria Petäjäniemi, Anne-Mari Väisänen, Kaisu Alamikkelä, Iida Kauhanen, and Kirsi Yliniva Chapter 6. "Pipe down silly girl": The Silencing, Vilification and Discrediting of Girl Activists; Lindy Cameron Chapter 7. Young People’s Climate Activism and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand; Jenny Ritchie Chapter 8. Young People’s Activism in Rural Communities: A Mixed-Methods Case Study With Young People From a Rural Municipality in Germany; Janina Suppers Chapter 9. Red vs. Blue, Black vs. White, and Other State Factors in the 2018 Parkland School Shooting Protests in the US; Roberto S. Salva Chapter 10. Citizenship Educators’ Vision of Young People’s Activism in Asian Society: A Qualitative Case Study of Secondary School Teachers in Japan; Chika Hosoda Chapter 11. Adults as Advocates: How Sexual Abuse Was Put on the Child Rights Map in India; Therese Boje Mortensen Chapter 12. The Kids are Alt-Right (and Progressive, Conservative, Radical, etc): Selective Advocacy in Childhood and Youth Studies; Catherine Hartung
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Emerald Publishing Limited Youth Development in South Africa: Harnessing the
Book SynopsisThe African continent is colloquially referred to as the youngest in the world. Seizing on a topic underexplored in African research, Youth Development in South Africa: Harnessing the Demographic Dividend confronts the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing South Africa’s youth, resulting in a rich exploration of the South African corpus on youth development. Bringing together a diverse range of topics and research methodologies, contributors focus on the demographic dividend, South Africa’s relatively large population of young people, and the implications of harnessing this for economic growth and development within this country. Analysing model institutional and policy initiatives for youth development, contributors present a unique translation of ideas into practice, as well as attention to solutions. Highlighting challenges such as health pandemics, social media, and climate change, chapters cover questions surrounding youth aspirations, employment, and inclusivity. Showcasing the voices of researchers from across South Africa and the larger African continent, Youth Development in South Africa: Harnessing the Demographic Dividend is a compelling snapshot of thirty years of South Africa’s democratic dispensation and what it has meant for the youth of the country, as well as how its demographic dividend can be harnessed for a fairer society in the future.Trade ReviewThere are numerous studies by scholars and policy-makers about youth, particularly youth in the developing world. Many of these studies fall under two categories: the youth as a market, or the youth as either a demographic dividend or a demographic time-bomb. The youth tend to be studied out of curiosity – an anthropological subject that is observed but not engaged. This book presents a paradigm shift in how youth is studied. It offers insights into the complex contradictions, geo-histories, ideologies and experiences that shape the present realities and futures of South African youth. It presents youth not only as products of history, but as architects of new thinking and imaginations that are futuristic. -- Malaika Mahlatsi, Bestselling Author of Memoirs of a Born Free: Reflections on the Rainbow Nation and Corridors of Death: The Struggle to Exist in Historically White InstitutionsTable of ContentsIntroduction PART ONE – UNDERSTANDING YOUTH AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND Chapter 1. Demographic dynamics of South Africa’s youth and the implications for harnessing the demographic dividend; Nompumelelo Nzimande PART TWO – PANDEMICS AND YOUTH Chapter 2. Youth and HIV in South Africa: LIVING AND THRIVING WITH HIV; Nompumelelo Zungu, Warren Parker, Inbarani Naidoo, Mokhantšo Makoae, and Salome Sigida Chapter 3. Young People, Social Media and Exposure to STIs: A Semi-Ethnographic Experiment; Busani Ngcaweni PART THREE – YOUTH TRANSITIONS Chapter 4. Building Maps of the Future; Botshabelo Maja Chapter 5. Youth Career Decision Making: The Influence of Horizon for Action and Navigational Capacity; Lucky Maluleke and Lesley Powell Chapter 6. Breaking Barriers, Transforming Lives – Youth Transitions to Work and what it takes: A Case Study of the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator; Sharmi Surianarain and Rob Urquhart PART FOUR – YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH Chapter 7. Right to Quality Education in Africa: A Critical tool for a sustainable development agenda; Rita Ozoemena Chapter 8. A Holistic Approach to Personal Transformation in the Youth Sector; Lucille Meyer and Rajendra Chetty PART FIVE – YOUTH EMPLOYMENT Chapter 9. A conceptual frame for reviewing Youth Employment Interventions: based on a review of opportunities for youth in South Africa; Carmel Marock, Sindile Moitse, and Josephilda Nhlapo-Hlope PART SIX – YOUTH PARTICIPATION, INCLUSIVITY, AND SOCIAL PROTECTION Conclusion
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Sage Publications Ltd What is Youth Work?
Book SynopsisWith the proposed development of the ′youth professional′ and the consolidation of graduate professional qualifications, this is an important time for youth work. This book sets out the current state of debate about youth work for those considering, or about to embark on, a degree course. Contemporary debates in youth work are explored, and help to give students a sense of its history and its future contribution. By combining the experience of its editors and the contemporaneous experience of the voices of contributors, this book provides an excellent introduction to work as a youth worker in the twenty-first century.Trade Review"The book attempts the almost impossible task of answering the question: what is youth work? It provides a thorough observation of the diversity and ever-changing nature of contemporary youth work, enriched by an interesting history. This is achieved via language the layman can understand, whilst managing to stimulate debate for current and future practitioners." (Training Team, Wrexham Youth Service)Table of ContentsWhat do we mean by youth work? Policy analysis: a first and vital skill of practice Participation Youth work as border pedagogy Detached youth work Creativity and partnership Youth work practice within integrated youth support services Targeting for youth workers Developing global literacy and competence in youth work Youth work with girls: a feminist perspective Anti-racism to community cohesion Youth work and the surveillance state Youth work prospects: back to the future?
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13th & Joan Clear To Close
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Editora Mundo Cristao As 5 linguagens do amor dos adolescentes - Capa
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Asperger Syndrome, Adolescence, and Identity:
Book SynopsisHow do teenagers with Asperger Syndrome view themselves and their own lives?This book is based on extensive interviews with adolescents diagnosed with AS. It includes six life stories, written in collaboration with the teenagers themselves. These present an authentic and fascinating look at the lives of the teenagers and how AS has shaped their growing identities. The stories provide the basis for a discussion of common themes and issues facing teenagers with AS. Asperger Syndrome, Adolescence, and Identity also questions the medicalized deficit approach to Asperger Syndrome and discusses the social repercussions of labeling teenagers as having AS.Trade ReviewThis is a welcome addition to the growing library about Asperger Syndrome. Compared with most books, this takes a slightly different approach to the subject by using a narrative approach and more specifically a combination of life stories as told by five teenagers and one almost teenager plus some additional life history material contributed by their parents. The authors used a guided (but not structured) interview technique that combined freedom with the coverage of certain specific areas that they wanted to highlight. Books like this are so useful to parents, teachers, and, of course, those who have AS. Knowing how other people cope, how positive they can be and what heights of achievement they scale is a tremendously valuable contribution, this is a very worthwhile addition to the literature on the subject. -- MetapsychologyI found the stories compelling. So many of them reminded me of my own son and others I know. The reader is led to understand his parents frustration within the constraints of mainstream schooling. The most important thread I found from all the stories is that the label Asperger syndrome is useful for others in identifying a social difference between them and their peers, but they are still al individuals. -- Children NowTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Defining Asperger Syndrome. 2. Lee's Story. 3. Rachel's Story. 4. Sarah's Story. 5. Chee Kiong's Story. 6. Luke's Story. 7. Simon's Story. 8. Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence: Themes and issues from the stories. Appendix A: The Narrative Approach in Research. Appendix B: The Research Process. References. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Teens Choosing to Read
Book SynopsisIn a sea of troubling reporting about education, teaching, reading, and the wellbeing of teens, Ivey and Johnston bring some good news that shows what happens when we stop underestimating young people. This accessible book offers an engaging account of a 4-year study of adolescents who went from reluctant to enthusiastic readers.Table of Contents Contents (Tentative) Acknowledgments Part I. Engaging Reading, a Social Phenomenon 1. Young Adults Reading Literature (or Not) Teens Can Be Enthusiastic, Engaged ReadersEngaging BooksThe Subtleties of Supporting Teen Development 2. Choosing to Read Good (Meaningful) BooksDisturbing BooksAutonomyTalk About Books 3. Talk to Me—Cultivating Peer Relationships Supportive Peer RelationshipsClose FriendshipsLearning RelationshipsWhen Positive Relationships Are AbsentThe Solution? Engaged Reading 4. Re-seeing Family Families ReadingFamilies and TalkFamilies, Minds, and TransformationDisturbing Books and Difficult TopicsParent Perspectives on Students' Reading Part II. The Breadth of Teen Development 5. Social-Emotional Development The Social Hub of DevelopmentTalking About Thoughts and FeelingsOn ReflectionTo Summarize 6. Who Will I Be? Building a Life Narrative Living Into a CharacterA Reflective MetaphorNarrative as a Cautionary TaleSynthesizing PrinciplesSelf-RegulationReconstructing the Socialized SelfWho Am I? Who Do I Want to Be? 7. Moral Development Developing the Moral SelfMoral JudgmentsRecognizing Language as a Potential Act of ViolenceMultiple Perspectives and Moral ReachSo . . . 8. Happiness, Wellbeing, and Other Trivial Matters GratefulnessLoss and GriefMore Healing OpportunitiesPositive Emotions and WellbeingFeeling, Heard, Understood, and Cared ForSources of Happiness and Wellbeing 9. Reading Competence Reading StrategicallyReading Strategically, on SteroidsComprehending SociallyReading CloselyReading: No Solo ActReading Competently Part III. Negotiating Literature, Teaching, and Teen Development 10. What Do We Think We're Doing? Fizzling Out of EngagementUnraveling of the Social ThreadMore Teaching ChangesKnowing Books and IndividualsNegotiating Relationships and Relational Capital 11. Seamless Teaching SeamlessnessCharacters and ChangeInferring, Especially Thoughts and FeelingsLiterature, Themes, and Life's DilemmasTeaching About How Words Capture and Shape Thoughts and FeelingsTeaching for Intellectual Flexibility 12. Inquiry, Learning, and Authority Foundations of Collaborative Dialogic InquiryDistributing Authority, Distributing TeachingTeaching for Identity ShiftsTeaching: More Than the Sum of its Parts 13. Heckling Concerns of Intellectuals, Philosophers, and the LikeParents' (and Thus Teachers') Concerns 14. The Alchemy of Young Adults' Engagements Among Books EvidenceThe Work of ConversationsThe Work of ELA Teachers and Their BooksThe Socialness of ReadingWhat Do We Want? Appendix A The Study Appendix B Young Adult Books and Other Trade Books Mentioned Index About the Author
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Vintage Publishing Coming of Age
Book SynopsisAdolescence is the most formative yet misunderstood period of our lives. At a time of heightened concern about teenagers, Coming of Age draws on a decade of expert research to get beneath the stereotypes, expose the myths and reveal the important reasons why teens behave the way they do.''Wonderful and deeply moving . . . shows us the potentially positive aspects of adolescent experiences so often seen as negative'' MARK HADDON''Excellent and insightful . . . expertly presented . . . Foulkes is steeped in knowledge about, as well as respect for, teenage life'' ObserverCovering all the characteristic behaviours of adolescents - from peer pressure and risk-taking, to sex, love, bullying, friendship and more - adolescent psychologist Lucy Foulkes shows that time and again we mistake, dismiss and even try to prevent what is actually normal and healthy. Among many surprising insights, she explains why self-consciousness, anxiety
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Oxford University Press Inc Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American
Book SynopsisIn Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System, Alan J. Dettlaff presents a call to abolish the American child welfare system due to the harm and destruction it causes Black families. Dettlaff traces the origins of the modern child welfare system, which emerged following the abolition of slavery, to demonstrate that the harm and oppression that result from child welfare intervention are not the result of unintended consequences but rather are the clear intents of the system and the foreseeable results of the policies that have been put in place over decades.By tracing the history of family separations in the United States since the era of slavery, Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System demonstrates that the intended outcomes of those separations--the subjugation of Black Americans and the maintenance of white supremacy--are the same intended outcomes of the family separations done today. What distinguishes contemporary family separatioTrade ReviewStarting at enslavers' brutal separation of Black families, Alan J. Dettlaff adeptly traces the racist foundations of today's child welfare system * a system modeled on white saviorism, surveillance and separation. Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System makes an important contribution to the literature exposing the system's deliberate harms and a compelling call to join the struggle for its abolition." Dorothy Roberts, author of Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families-And How Abolition Can Build A Safer World *Dettlaff offers a profound and timely exploration of the destructive impact of systemic racism on the lives of African Americans." * Feminista Jones, author of Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World From the Tweets to the Streets *Written with deep passion and a keen sense of urgency, this powerful book is both a poignant historical account of the violent legacy of what the author calls the 'family policing system,' and an urgent call for action. This analysis is just what is needed right now to document the ways that the carceral logic of the so-called child welfare system is a cornerstone of the larger punishment apparatus that has emerged from persistent White supremacy, enslavement, and genocide in this country. The precision by which the author challenges any misconceptions about how and why Black people are targeted by forcible separation, coupled with the clear and well documented argument about mean-spirited policies, make this a tremendously valuable contribution to the growing body of literature on abolition, policy change, and social justice work." * Beth E. Richie, author of Abolition. Feminism. Now. and Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence and America's Prison Nation *This wonderful examination of US child welfare's devastating history ends with a well-argued chapter on abolition. Skeptical readers should begin at the end. Use the chapter's bright and urgent vision as a guide to understand how where we're at is not where we must be. Dettlaff and his colleagues propose abolition as a practical call to action." * Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation *The most common phrase in the family policing lexicon is 'best interests of the child.' Alan Dettlaff and his coauthors show us why for children, especially Black children, it also is the most dangerous. This book deserves an important place among the growing literature exposing the dangers of family policing and the 'child welfare' surveillance state." * Richard Wexler, author of Wounded Innocents: The Real Victims of the War Against Child Abuse *
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Simon & Schuster War Against Boys
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Columbia University Press Teenage Suicide Notes
Book SynopsisIn Teenage Suicide Notes, sociologist Terry Williams pores over the writings of a diverse group of troubled youths to better grasp the motivations behind teenage suicide and to humanize those at risk of taking their own lives. Williams evaluates young people in rural and urban contexts and across lines of race, class, gender, and sexuality.Trade ReviewAlways the compassionate listener and masterful ethnographer, Terry Williams courageously takes on teenage suicide, one of the nation's most vexing and tragic subjects. He understands the problem as a father, mentor, teacher, and friend of victims and their families. May the voices of despairing teenagers whom Terry has presented here be heard throughout the nation. -- William Kornblum, Doctoral Program in Sociology, Graduate Center, City University of New York Teenage Suicide Notes is a remarkable book that in turns is powerful, poignant, and profoundly disturbing, as it places in focus the fragmented inner lives of young people living in alienated desperation at the very edge of existence, just before they end their lives. Suicide Notes allows us to witness aspects of their struggle, while encouraging our understanding. -- Elijah Anderson, author of Code of the Street and The Cosmopolitan Canopy, William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Sociology at Yale University Terry Williams makes us understand why young people engage in self-harm. He also tells us about what can be done. And by understanding the self-harm of our young, we also get to know ourselves as adults caught up in contemporary society. All this is brought to us with insight, respect, and dignity, without losing interpretative and critical power. What awaits the reader is the irrevocable need and hope for a dialogue between generations, since the self-harm of the young ultimately is a refusal to cope. -- Mats Trondman, Center for Cultural Sociology at Linnaeus University Terry Williams provides a rare and compassionate account of self-harm and the wish to 'check out' of this world via his compilation of teenage suicide notes obtained through a most mindful application of the ethnographic method. This is vital reading for mental health trainees and professionals, sociologists, policy makers and all in search of a fuller, experience-near, understanding of suicide. -- Howard Steele, New School for Social Research An important, veil-lifting book. Kirkus Reviews When Williams gets out of the way and lets his subjects talk, his central point is vindicated: To care about teens (or anyone), start by listening to what they tell you. -- Peter C. Baker Pacific StandardTable of ContentsList of Profiled Teens Prologue Introduction 1. Little Girl Lost: Kyra 2. The Fighter: Enoch 3. Overload: Candy 4. The Last Stand: David 5. Homo: Tucker 6. Escaping Death: Gita 7. Shock Jock: Boots 8. Cutter: Jill 9. On the Road: Cody 10. Born-Again Virgin: Gabriella Afterword Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix 1: Ipe and Brownson Appendix 2: Enoch and His Brother Notes Bibliography Index
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Lushena Books From Niggas to Gods Part One: Sometimes The
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Lushena Books From Niggas to Gods VolII Escapingniggativity
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Sophia Institute Press The Art of Forming Young Disciples: Why Youth
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Bristol University Press Youth Migration and the Politics of Wellbeing:
Book SynopsisThis book examines the factors affecting the health and wellbeing of young people as they transition to adulthood under the shadow of migration control. Drawing on unique longitudinal data, it illuminates how they conceptualize wellbeing for themselves and others in contexts of prolonged and politically induced uncertainty. The authors offer an in-depth analysis of the experiences of over one hundred unaccompanied young migrants, primarily from Afghanistan, Albania and Eritrea. They show the lengths these young people will go to in pursuit of safety, security and the futures they aspire to. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book champions a new political economy analysis of wellbeing in the context of migration and demonstrates the urgent need for policy reform.Table of ContentsIntroduction Conceptualizing Wellbeing in the Context of Migration and Youth Transitions Capturing Wellbeing in Transition: An Alternative Approach ‘Iron Rod’ or ‘Colander’? Welfare Regimes in England and Italy The Pursuit of Safety and Freedom Legal Integrity and Recognition Identity and Belonging Constructing Viable Futures as ‘Adults’ Emotional and Mental Wellbeing Friendships, Connections and Relationships Transnational Family and Connections Conclusion
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