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Book SynopsisSurprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world, and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education...Trade Review “The book’s strength lies in revealing aspects of Aboriginal pedagogy, sociality, and identity within complex intercultural environments. It covers a range of central Australian locations and language groups and connects the classical with the contemporary in both Aboriginal society and Australian anthropology. For its size—10 chapters in under 300 pages—its coverage is impressive.” · Anthropological Forum: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Comparative Sociology “This is a timely collection, given the rise of interest in childhood studies in the social and behavioural sciences and following the growth in emphasis on Aboriginal childhood by the Australian state over the last decades….The chapters of this volume each have distinctive strengths in their observation of Aboriginal social relationships.” · Oceania “Besides its value in exploring the manifold significance of childhoods, this collection will reassure anthropologists about the contemporary relevance of classical anthropology, in this case to shed light on what is happening in remote Aboriginal Australia. Several of the papers are gems, all are valuable, and the whole is richly rewarding in ways I can only hint at here…The authors provide some remarkable insights into the process of becoming a person in desert societies, a process that is anything but mechanical.” · JRAI “Growing Up in Central Australia is a worthwhile contribution to one of the original questions of 20th century anthropology: the relationship between childrearing, childhood experience, and culture…Given that Aboriginal (and other indigenous) people confront such rapid change, and that such large percentages of their populations are young, and that—as they say—children are the future, the volume surely represents a direction that will be of increasing importance in the future of these societies and of anthropological accounts of them.” · Anthropology Review Database “I can recommend this volume to those interested in expanding their library on the anthropology of childhood and, more specifically to scholars interested in culture and parenting, how infants become persons, role and fantasy play, peer relations in childhood and, especially, adolescent response to social change and globalisation.” · TAJA. The Australian Journal of Anthropology “There is still a very long way to go in understanding the lives Aboriginal children live today, but this book is a long overdue and much welcome first step.” · Children & Society “This excellent volume presents… a rich and timely collection of essays on contemporary Aboriginal childhood and youth, each chapter being grounded on extensive ethnographic experiences and studies…It is an original contribution to a growing field, namely the anthropology of childhood and youth…and offers ‘food for thought’ and a range of perspectives which allow the reader to better appreciate Aboriginal lives, challenges and points of view.” · Sylvie Poirier, Université Laval, QuébecTable of Contents Figures Acknowledgments Map of Australia Introduction: Aboriginal Children and Young People in Focus PART I: CHILDHOOD ACROSS TIME: HISTORICAL AND LIFE SPAN PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1. 'Less was hidden among these children': Géza Róheim, Anthropology and the Politics of Aboriginal Childhood John Morton Chapter 2. Envisioning Lives at Ernabella Katrina Tjitayi and Sandra Lewis Chapter 3. Warungka: Becoming and Un-becoming a Warlpiri Person Yasmine Musharbash Chapter 4. Fathers and Sons, Trajectories of Self – Reflections on Pintupi Lives and Futures Fred R. Myers PART II: STORIES, LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL SPACE Chapter 5.Sand Storytelling – Its Social Meaning in Anangu Children’s Lives Ute Eickelkamp Chapter 6.Young Children's Social Meaning-Making in a New Mixed Language Carmel O'Shannessey Appendix Chapter 7.The Yard Craig San Roque PART III: YOUTH, IDENTITY AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Chapter 8. Organization within Disorder – The Present and Future of Young People in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands David Brooks Chapter 9. Being Mardu: Change and Challenge for Some Western Desert Young People Today Myrna Tonkinson Chapter 10. Invisible and Visible Loyalties in Racialized Contexts: A Systemic Perspective on Aboriginal Youth Marika Moisseeff Appendix Notes on Contributors References Index

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Book SynopsisArab Youth explores some of the antecedents of the upheavals and anticipates alternative venues of resistance that marginalized youth, from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine to Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Iran, can mobilize to realize their emancipatory expectations.Trade ReviewEndorsements: "Arab youth have toppled dictatorships across the region in 2011. This book provides the best insights into the culture, politics and consciousness of the generation that led the Arab Awakening. Bringing together innovative scholarship by leading authorities from around the world, Arab Youth is essential reading for anyone who want to understand the revolutions of 2011." Eugene Rogan (Director, The Middle East Centre, University of Oxford) "Samir and Roseanne Khalaf's critical collection dynamically captures one of the most electrifying moments in modern Arab history. The book is prescient in anticipation of the Arab Spring and the leading role played by youth. The data is rich; the analyses are sharp; and the implications are powerfully drawn. The volume could not be more timely." Suad Joseph, Professor of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies, University of California, Davis 'This collection provides the most accurate and comprehensive insights into the mindsets and conditions of youth in the Arab world that I have seen in recent years. Anyone interested in penetrating the world and the worldviews of young Arab men and women should start here.' Rami Khouri, American University of BeirutTable of ContentsIntroduction: Roseanne & Samir Khalaf "On the Marginalization and Mobilization of Arab Youth" Chapter 1: Youth as a Social Category Wyn, Johanna (University of Melbourne) "Youth as a Social Category" Bayat, Asef (Leiden University) "Reclaiming Youthfulness" Singerman, Diane (American University, Washington, D.C.) "Bringing Back Materiality to the Question of Youth, Marriage & Sexuality" Courbage, Youssef (National Institute of Demography, Paris) "The Demographic Youthful Bulge and Social Rupture" Chapter 2: Negotiating Identity in Times of Risk Curtis N. Rhodes, Jr., Haytham A. Mihyar & Ghada Abu El-Rous (Questscope,Amman) "Social Learning & Community Participation with Children at Risk In Two Marginalized Urban Neighborhoods in Amman, Jordan" Yamani, Mai (Independent Academic) "Saudi Youth: Initiative and Inertia" Larkin, Craig (University of Exeter) "Between Silence and Scream: The Lebanese Postmemory Experience" Chapter 3: Representation and Self-Perception Mahdavi, Pardis (Pomona College) "Re-creating Recreation: The Politics of Fun in the Islamic Republic of Iran" Khalaf, Roseanne (American University of Beirut) "Idealistic and Indignant Young Lebanese" Kegels, Nicolien (Independent Researcher and Writer) "In Good Times or Bad? The Discourse of National Identity of the Lebanese Upper Class Youth" Chapter 4: Militancy and Street Violence Peteet, Julie (University of Louisville) "Male Gender and Rituals of Resistance in the Palestinian Intifada: A Cultural Politics of Violence" Abi Samra, Mohammad (An-Nahar) "Comparison Between the Lifestyles of Two Youth Groups in Tripoli" Sbeity, Fidel (Free Lance Journalist) "Street Violence among Youth Gangs in Chiah in 1975" Chapter 5: Voluntarism and Civil Society Dueck, Jennifer (Oxford University) "Uniforms and Salutes: Fascism and Religion in the Youth Politics of Syria and Lebanon under French Rule" Gahre, Christian (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo) "Youth Networks, Space and Political Mobilization: Lebanon's Independence Intifada" Chapter 6: Popular Culture and Music Deeb, Lara (Scripps College) & Harb, Mona (American University of Beirut) "Sanctioned Pleasures: Youth Negotiation of Leisure Sites of Morality in Al-Dahiya" Gazzah, Miriam (University of Amsterdam) "Muslim Youth Culture in the Netherlands: A Mix of Islam, Ethnicity & Politics" Landau, Carolyn (City University, London) "Music Consumption & Identity: Exploring Cultural and Religious Transnational Connections amongst Moroccan Youth in Britain & Beyond" Nassar, Angelina (American University of Beirut) "Scratch the Past-This is Our Soundtrack: Hip Hop in Lebanon"

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Book SynopsisAsks, what is a child, what is a parent and why does a child need a parent. A warm and human way of understanding the nature and needs of children.

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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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Book SynopsisIn the classic edition of this outstanding book, originally published in 1998, Richard Frankel explores adolescence as a crucial, unique, and turbulent period of human development. He provides guidance for clinicians working with young people as they undergo significant transformations in the way they think, act, feel, and perceive the world.The book addresses how the disruptions manifest in adolescent behavior are upsetting and often incomprehensible to the adults surrounding them. It seeks to revision the traumas, extreme fantasies, testing of limits, etc., so endemic to this period of life through the lens of the urge toward self-realization. This allows for new and creative ways of working with the intensely confusing, and often extreme, countertransference feelings that arise in our encounter with adolescents. It offers ways of reflecting upon the vicissitudes of our own experience of being an adolescent that helps to unlock the typical impasses that occur in the stand-oTrade Review'Richard Frankel helps the reader explore the archetypal dynamics particular to adolescence. Through clinical vignette he is able to tutor us in the kind of insight and therapeutic presence that can make a real difference to the adolescents we work with'Mary Watkins, Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA'The Adolescent Pscyhe is a welcome addition to contemporary Jungian literature. Frankel weaves concepts from Jung, Hillman, Winnicott and others to give us important new understandings and ways of viewing and working with adolescents. I highly recommend this book to practitioners, theorists and researcheers alike.'John Allan, Jungian analyst and author of Inscapes of the Child's WorldTable of ContentsForeword by Mary Watkins Acknowledgements Introduction to the Classic Edition Introduciton Part I Theoretical perspectives on adolescence 1. Psychoanalytic approaches 2. Developmental analytical psychology PartII Adolescence, initiation, and the dying process 3. The archetype of initiation 4. Life and death imagery in adolescence 5. Bodily, idealistic, and ideational awakenings Part III Jung and adolescence: A new synthesis 6. The individuation tasks of adolescence 7. Persona and shadow in adolescence 8. The development of conscience Part IV Adolescent psychotherapy: A new paradigm 9. Countertransference in the work with adolescents 10. Prohibition and inhibition: clinical issues 11. Prohibition and inhibition: culutral issues Epiloge Bibliography

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Book SynopsisPractical and clearly written, this new book from best-selling author Louise Porter equips mental health professionals with the knowledge and skills they need to provide insightful guidance and support to children and adolescents.The book introduces exciting new models for thinking about young people's needs, self-esteem and resilience that will invigorate counselling. It outlines the most common presenting difficulties for young people and provides clear, practical guidance on how professionals in a counselling environment can respond to these in an effective way. Offering a coherent blend of theories and practices, chapters address a wide range of emotional, social, behavioural and learning difficulties with which young people may present to counselling, such as experiences of grief and loss, anxiety and depression, disordered eating, and dealing with adversity. With an aim to empower, the book presents a non-pathologising approach to counselling that respects the skills thTable of ContentsPart 1: Philosophy, theory and practice of working with young people 1. Philosophy 2. Solution-focused therapy 3. Narrative therapy 4. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy 5. Principles of working with young people 6. Collaboration and consultation 7. Ethics of working with young people 8. Caring for self 9. Diversity and social justice Part 2: Emotional issues 10. Emotions and emotion regulation 11. A model of resilience 12. Counselling young people in grief 13. Depression 14. Stress and anxiety 15. Trauma 16. Self-destructive behaviours Part 3: Social issues 17. Aggression 18. Bullying 19. Violence 20. Sexual abuse perpetration by juveniles 21. Social inclusion of gender and sexual minorities

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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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Book SynopsisThis book brings together international contributors to share insight from their theoretical and clinical work with adolescents, considering the different psychopathological responses they see in adolescent patients and how these can be worked with in analysis.Each chapter addresses a specific topic, focusing on representing the clinical realities facing psychoanalysts in treating adolescents with different types of disturbances at the psychic level. They cover a range of situations and perspectives, including discussion of maternal violence, the erotic field, self-mutilation, and social withdrawal, with a core focus on issues affecting contemporary adolescents. Bringing together a vast range of experience, The Astonishing Adolescent Upheaval in Psychoanalysis presents a new approach which re-establishes the impact of the responses of significant objects in the impasses present in narcissistic suffering. This book will be of great interest to all psychoanalytic and p

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Book SynopsisUsing extensive, spoken vernacular data collected by youth from youth, Tagliamonte argues that teen language is at the cutting edge of linguistic change, offering a window to the future. Richly illustrated and filled with engaging quotes, anecdotes and language puzzles, Teen Talk is fascinating reading for students, teachers and parents.Trade Review'Teen Talk offers an exciting, thought-provoking, and engaging observation of the 'good, the bad and the lovely' aspects of youth language. Using a wide range of datasets from the Bergen Corpus of London Teenage Language to insights gained from kitchen table conversations with her own children, Tagliamonte forcefully demonstrates how the linguistic behaviour of young people offers fascinating insights into the dynamics of how linguistic systems can be reorganized from one generation to the next. If you manage to read just one book on this topic at any stage of your own life, make it this one.' Karen Corrigan, Newcastle UniversityTable of Contents1. What's all the fuss about teen language?; 2. Teens talking; 3. Methods: how to tap teen language?; 4. Quotatives: I'm like, 'Oh my God!'; 5. Intensifiers: upping the ante: super cool!; 6. How do you start a sentence?; 7. Sentence enders: finish with a flourish; 8. Generics: stuffology; 9. Just: just what?; 10. Adjectives: the good, the bad and lovely; 11. Other funky teenage features: you know what? I dunno. Whatever!; 12. Internet language: everyone's online; 13. Are they always going to talk like that?

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Book SynopsisWith an eye to the playful, reflexive, self-conscious ways in which global youth engage with each other online, this volume analyzes user-generated data from these interactions to show how communication technologies and multilingual resources are deployed to project local as well as trans-local orientations. With examples from a range of multilingual settings, each author explores how youth exploit the creative, heteroglossic potential of their linguistic repertoires, from rudimentary attempts to engage with others in a second language to hybrid multilingual practices. Often, their linguistic, orthographic, and stylistic choices challenge linguistic purity and prescriptive correctness, yet, in other cases, their utterances constitute language policing, linking ''standardness'' or ''correctness'' to piety, trans-local affiliation, or national belonging. Written for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in linguistics, applied linguistics, education and media and communiTrade Review'A compelling collection of work! The editors have assembled a comprehensive set of studies that covers a wide range of digital platforms, languages, and regional contexts. The ethnographic approach adopted throughout the chapters reveals rich details about linguistic creativity and diversity in digital communication and makes an important contribution to a number of areas including sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, internet linguistics, and media research at large.' Carmen Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong'Multilingual Youth Practices in Computer Mediated Communication is unique in that it takes established linguistic methods from various domains like dialectology, conversation analysis or sociology and applies it to this newer communication style. In that, it offers an insight into the multilingual mind and is thus a valuable contribution to the field and useful for readers with many different backgrounds and knowledge levels.' Kathrin Feindt, Journal of Language ContactTable of Contents1. Multilingualism in the digital sphere: the diverse practices of youth online Cecelia Cutler and Unn Røyneland; 2. Alienated at home: the role of online media as young Orthodox Muslim women beat a retreat from Marseille Cécile Evers; 3. Cool mobilities: youth style and mobile telephony in contemporary South Africa Zannie Bock, Nausheena Dalwai and Christopher Stroud; 4. Nuancing the jaxase: young and urban texting in Senegal Kristin Vold Lexander; 5. Peaze up! Adaptation, innovation, and variation in German hip hop discourse Matt Garley; 6. Tsotsitaal online: the creativity of tradition Ana Deumert; 7. 'Pink chess gring gous': discursive and orthographic resistance among Mexican-American rap fans on YouTube Cecelia Cutler; 8. Virtually Norwegian: negotiating language and identity on YouTube Unn Røyneland; 9. Footing and role alignment online: mediatized indigeneity and Andean hip hop Karl Swinehart; 10. The language of diasporic blogs: a framework for the study of rhetoricity in written online code-switching Lars Hinrichs; 11. The Korean wave, K-pop fandom, and multilingual microblogging Jamie Shinhee Lee.

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Book SynopsisDeveloped by experts in trauma psychiatry and psychology and grounded in adolescent developmental theory, this is a modular, assessment-driven treatment that addresses the needs of adolescents facing trauma, bereavement, and accompanying developmental disruption. Created by the developers of the University of California, Los Angeles PTSD Reaction Index and the Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Checklist, the book links clinicians with cutting-edge research in traumatic stress and bereavement, as well as ongoing training opportunities. This innovative guide offers teen-friendly coping skills, handouts, and specialized therapeutic exercises to reduce distress and promote adaptive developmental progression. Sessions can be flexibly tailored for group or individual treatment modalities; school-based, community mental health, or private practice settings; and different timeframes and specific client needs. Drawing on multidimensional grief theory, it offers a valuable toolkit for psyTable of ContentsIntroduction; TGCTA pre-treatment assessment interview: introduction, assessment, and goal setting for individual or group participation; Module 1. Foundational Knowledge and Skills: Introduction; Session 1.1 Welcome and introduction; Session 1.2 Posttraumatic and grief reactions and introduction to coping strategies; Session 1.3 Emotions and feelings; Session 1.4 Learning to cope with trauma and loss reminders; Session 1.5 Learning coping skills; Session 1.6 Sizing up a situation; Session 1.7 Identifying and replacing hurtful thoughts; Session 1.8 Recruiting effective support handouts 1.1–1.53; Module 2. Working Through Traumatic or Loss Experiences: Introduction; Session 2.1 Preparing to share personal trauma or loss experiences (sharing our stories); Session 2.2 Group narrative sharing sessions; Session 2.3 Review of group sharing and exploration of beliefs and expectations; Session 2.4 Guide for conducting individual narrative and pullout sessions; Handouts 2.1–2.15; Module 3. Working Through Grief Experiences: Introduction; Session 3.1 Learning about grief; Session 3.2 Understanding connections between loss reminders, grief reactions, and consequences; Session 3.3 Dealing with distress over the circumstances of tragic deaths; Session 3.4 Identifying positive and negative traits; Session 3.5 Reminiscing together; Session 3.6 Planning for difficult days (relapse prevention); Handouts 3.1–3.34; Module 4. Preparing for the Future: Introduction; Session 4.1 Next steps – promoting developmental progress; Session 4.2 Coping with difficult days; Session 4.3 What is and what is not your job; Session 4.4 Graduation and launching into the future; Handouts 4.1–4.25; Appendices.

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Book SynopsisUsing extensive, spoken vernacular data collected by youth from youth, Tagliamonte argues that teen language is at the cutting edge of linguistic change, offering a window to the future. Richly illustrated and filled with engaging quotes, anecdotes and language puzzles, Teen Talk is fascinating reading for students, teachers and parents.Trade Review'Teen Talk offers an exciting, thought-provoking, and engaging observation of the 'good, the bad and the lovely' aspects of youth language. Using a wide range of datasets from the Bergen Corpus of London Teenage Language to insights gained from kitchen table conversations with her own children, Tagliamonte forcefully demonstrates how the linguistic behaviour of young people offers fascinating insights into the dynamics of how linguistic systems can be reorganized from one generation to the next. If you manage to read just one book on this topic at any stage of your own life, make it this one.' Karen Corrigan, Newcastle UniversityTable of Contents1. What's all the fuss about teen language?; 2. Teens talking; 3. Methods: how to tap teen language?; 4. Quotatives: I'm like, 'Oh my God!'; 5. Intensifiers: upping the ante: super cool!; 6. How do you start a sentence?; 7. Sentence enders: finish with a flourish; 8. Generics: stuffology; 9. Just: just what?; 10. Adjectives: the good, the bad and lovely; 11. Other funky teenage features: you know what? I dunno. Whatever!; 12. Internet language: everyone's online; 13. Are they always going to talk like that?

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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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Book SynopsisA guide to treating mental health issues in children and adolescents Diagnosis and Treatment of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals is a resource tailored to the particular needs of current and future counselors, behavioral healthcare clinicians, and other helping professionals working with this vulnerable population. With in-depth content broken into two sections, this book first provides a foundation in the diagnostic process by covering the underlying principles of diagnosis and treatment planning, and then applies this framework to the DSM-5 categories related to children and adolescents. With research continually reshaping our understanding of mental health, it is critical mental health professionals make decisions based on evidence-based pathways that include the specialized research around children and adolescents. The leading experts who contributed to this book share contemporary perspectives on developmental considerations, assesTable of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgements xiii About the Editors xv List of Contributors xvii PART I STAGES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS 1 CHAPTER 1 CONCEPTUALIZING DSM-5 DISORDERS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 3Brandé Flamez, Jason H. King, and Joshua D. Francis Introduction 3 Defining a Mental Disorder 4 The Clinical Significance Criterion in Diagnosis 7 The Developmental Process 8 Age-Related Factors 11 Neurodevelopment and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 14 Changes in Diagnostic Categories from the DSM-IV-TR to the DSM-5 20 Summary 25 References 26 CHAPTER 2 EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSING DSM-5 DISORDERS 28Joshua D. Francis and Laura R. Haddock Introduction 28 Diagnostic Challenges and Special Consideration When Working with Children and Adolescents 28 Classification Models 33 Identifying Sources of Information 35 Assessment Strategies 38 Establishing Diagnostic Validity 44 Assessment Instrument Validity and Reliability 46 Conducting a Differential Diagnosis 47 Clinical Case Formulation 48 Comprehensive Case Study 49 Summary 51 References 52 CHAPTER 3 DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING CLIENT TREATMENT PLANS 55Laura R. Haddock, Michelle Perepiczka, and Ruth Ouzts Moore Introduction 55 Assessment Measures for Children (6–17) in the DSM-5 55 Case Conceptualization 63 Diagnosing 64 Components of a Comprehensive Treatment Plan 68 Challenges in the Treatment Planning Process 71 Strategies to Maximize Treatment Plan Effectiveness 75 Treatment Plan Development 76 Summary 78 References 79 CHAPTER 4 ADDRESSING CLIENT DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS 81Jacob J. Levy and Shawn L. Spurgeon Introduction 81 Culture and Multiculturalism 81 Culture and Diagnostic Decision Making 83 Cultural Concepts of Distress 86 Culture and the DSM 87 The Process of Multicultural Assessment 88 Case Example: Alon 92 Summary 96 References 97 PART II DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 101 CHAPTER 5 AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER 103Joshua John Diehl, Christina G. McDonnell, and Kristin Valentino Introduction 103 Description of the Disorder 103 Differential Diagnosis 110 Assessment Strategies 112 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 115 Evaluation Strategies 117 Diagnostic Challenges 118 Summary 120 References 122 CHAPTER 6 ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER 128Jason D. Kushner Introduction 128 Description of the Disorder 131 DSM-5 Criteria 132 Differential Diagnosis 134 Assessment Strategies 135 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 137 Evaluation Strategies 141 Diagnostic Challenges 143 Summary 145 References 146 CHAPTER 7 SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS 148Tara Chandrasekhar, Lindsey M. Hazzard, and Linmarie Sikich Introduction 148 Description of Disorder 149 DSM-5 Criteria 156 Differential Diagnosis 161 Assessment Strategies 165 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 167 Psychosocial Interventions 169 Evaluation Strategies 173 Diagnostic Challenges 173 Summary 174 References 175 CHAPTER 8 BIPOLAR AND RELATED DISORDERS 177Gregory T. Hatchett and Nicole R. Motley Introduction 177 Description of the Disorders 179 DSM-5 Criteria 180 Differential Diagnosis 184 Assessment Strategies 191 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 193 Evaluation Strategies 195 Diagnostic Challenges 196 Summary 197 References 199 CHAPTER 9 DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS 203Carlos P. Zalaquett and SeriaShia Chatters-Smith Introduction 203 How to Distinguish between Childhood Moodiness and Depression 206 Description of Depressive Disorders 206 Differential Diagnosis 216 Assessment Strategies 216 Treatment and Intervention Strategies 223 Evaluation Strategies 226 Diagnostic Challenges 227 Summary 228 References 229 CHAPTER 10 ANXIETY DISORDERS 235Dee C. Ray, Hayley L. Stulmaker, and Sue C. Bratton Introduction 235 Description of Anxiety Disorders 236 DSM-5 Criteria 237 Differential Diagnosis 246 Assessment Strategies 247 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 250 Evaluation Strategies 253 Diagnostic Challenges 254 Summary 255 References 256 CHAPTER 11 OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND RELATED DISORDERS 259Nicole R. Hill, Torey Portrie-Bethke, Brooks Bastian Hanks, and Holly H. Wagner Introduction 259 Description of the Disorder 260 DSM-5 Criteria 264 Differential Diagnosis 268 Assessment Strategies 270 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 276 Evaluation Strategies 280 Diagnostic Challenges 281 Summary 282 References 283 CHAPTER 12 TRAUMA- AND STRESSOR-RELATED DISORDERS 286Gerard Lawson, Ryan M. Cook, and Claudia E. Howell Introduction 286 Description of the Disorders 286 Adjustment Disorders 288 DSM-5 Criteria 288 Differential Diagnosis 296 Assessment Strategies 297 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 305 Acute Stress Disorder 309 Evaluation Strategies 309 Diagnostic Challenges 310 Summary 311 References 312 CHAPTER 13 FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS 315Laura H. Choate and Gary G. Gintner Introduction 315 Description of Disorders 316 DSM-5 Criteria 317 Differential Diagnosis 325 Assessment Strategies 325 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 328 Evaluation Strategies 334 Diagnostic Challenges 335 Summary 336 References 337 CHAPTER 14 SLEEP-WAKE DISORDERS 340Carl J. Sheperis, Tracy K. Calley, Kathleen Jones-Trebatoski, and Lisa A. Wines Introduction 340 Description of the Disorders 342 DSM-5 Criteria 344 Differential Diagnosis 352 Assessment Strategies 353 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 356 Evaluation Strategies 360 Summary 360 References 361 CHAPTER 15 GENDER DYSPHORIA 366Anneliese A. Singh and Varunee Faii Sangganjanavanich Introduction 366 TGNC Children and the History of Gender Dysphoria 367 Description of Gender Dysphoria 370 DSM-5 Criteria 373 Differential Diagnosis 374 Assessment Strategies 376 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 379 Evaluation Strategies 381 Diagnostic Challenges and Other Specified and Unspecified Designations 382 Summary 383 References 384 CHAPTER 16 DISRUPTIVE, IMPULSE-CONTROL, AND CONDUCT DISORDERS 386A. Stephen Lenz and Chloe Lancaster Introduction 386 Oppositional Defiant Disorder 387 Intermittent Explosive Disorder 391 Conduct Disorder 396 Antisocial Personality Disorder 401 Pyromania 401 Kleptomania 404 Other Specified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder 407 Unspecified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder 407 Considerations for Assessment and Treatment 407 Summary 408 References 409 CHAPTER 17 SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS 413Carl J. Sheperis, Timothy M. Lionetti, and Joy-Del Snook Introduction 413 Description of the Disorders 413 DSM-5 Criteria 414 Differential Diagnosis 427 Assessment Strategies 428 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 429 Evaluation Strategies 430 Diagnostic Challenges 434 Summary 434 References 435 CHAPTER 18 MAJOR AND MILD NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS DUE TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 441Gregory S. Hupp, Richard J. Cicchetti, and Gary M. Szirony Introduction 441 Description of the Disorder 442 DSM-5 Criteria 443 Differential Diagnosis 445 Assessment Strategies 447 Evaluation Strategies 449 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 454 Diagnostic Challenges 456 Summary 461 References 463 CHAPTER 19 OTHER CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE A FOCUS OF CLINICAL ATTENTION WHEN WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 465K. Michelle Hunnicutt Hollenbaugh, Julia L. Whisenhunt, and Lee A. Teufel-Prida Introduction 465 Using Z Codes with Children and Adolescents 465 Differential Diagnosis 466 Focus and Progress of Treatment Related to Other Conditions 469 Description of the Clinical Issues 469 Child Maltreatment and Neglect Problems 472 Housing and Economic Problems 474 Treatment 482 Evaluation 487 Summary 487 References 488 AUTHOR INDEX 493 SUBJECT INDEX 505

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Book SynopsisA research-based guide to debunking commonly misunderstood myths about adolescence Great Myths of Adolescence contains the evidence-based science that debunks the myths and commonly held misconceptions concerning adolescence. The book explores myths related to sex, drugs and self-control, as well as many others. The authors define each myth, identify each myth's prevalence and present the latest and most significant research debunking the myth. The text is grounded in the authors' own research on the prevalence of belief in each myth, from the perspective of college students. Additionally, various pop culture icons that have helped propagate the myths are discussed. Written by noted experts, the book explores a wealth of topics including: The teen brain is fully developed by 18; Greek life has a negative effect on college students academically; significant mood disruptions in adolescence are inevitable; the millennial generation is lazy; and much more. This important resource: ShattTable of ContentsForeword x Preface xvii Introduction 1 1 Development of the Body, Brain, and Mind 7 1 Adolescence ends at 18 years old 8 2 Girls are universally experiencing puberty sooner in recent years 16 3 The teen brain is fully developed by age 18 24 4 Anorexia treatment usually requires teens to be separated from their parents 33 5 Technology has made teens better at multitasking 38 Mini myths for development of the body, brain, and mind 46 6 Pubertal "early bloomers" fare better than "late bloomers" 46 7 Teens can study better while listening to music 48 8 The "Freshman 15": College students gain 15 pounds their freshman year 50 9 Horses are helpful in the treatment of eating disorders, autism spectrum, and more 51 10 The onset of puberty is very upsetting to most teens 52 11 Male teens are much less likely than females to be preoccupied with their physical appearance 54 12 Most teens hardly ever engage in leisure reading these days 55 13 Greek life has a negative effect on college students academically 56 14 Paying for prep courses is the best way to make large gains on the SAT 57 2 Development of the Self 59 15 Significant mood disruptions in adolescence are inevitable 60 16 Teens should have a job in high school to build character 64 17 Risky behavior in adolescence is inevitable 68 18 Taking care of an infant simulator doll increases abstinence from sexual activity 72 19 College placement tests are useless at predicting academic success in college 77 Mini myths for development of the self 82 20 College students' lives are full of random hook]ups 82 21 Teaching teens about contraception makes them more likely to engage in sexual activity 84 22 Abstinence]only sex education programs are effective at keeping teens abstinent 85 23 The HPV vaccine increases teen sex 86 24 The millennial generation is lazy 87 25 High school football players are more likely to become seriously injured than cheerleaders 88 26 Offenders hide sexual interest when using the internet to initiate sex offenses against teens 90 27 Conversion therapy effectively turns homosexual teens into straight teens 91 28 Teens underestimate the consequences of risky behavior and adults do not 94 3 The Social Environment 96 29 More quality time with teens can make up for less quantity of time 96 30 Successful transition from adolescence to adulthood is achieved through detachment from parents 98 31 Popular teens are usually mean 107 32 Peer pressure only causes teens to make bad decisions 112 33 Boys only use sticks and stones to hurt while girls use words instead 117 Mini myths for the social environment 121 34 Most teens have a strained relationship with their parents 121 35 Asking teens if they have thought about suicide "plants a seed" and makes them more likely to actually attempt suicide 123 36 Teens only listen to their peers 125 37 When girls are sexually assaulted it is usually by a stranger 125 38 Most college students graduate in 4 years 126 39 College is the happiest time of one's life 127 4 Problems in Modern Society 130 40 Teens these days are worse behaved than those of previous generations 130 41 School violence is on the rise 139 42 Boot camps get teens "on the right path" 149 43 Most teens party with drugs or alcohol on weekends 154 44 DARE programs prevent teen drug use 158 45 Listening to heavy metal or rap music makes teens more likely to defy authority 165 Mini myths for problems in modern society 173 46 Teens have the highest suicide rate 173 47 Goggles mimicking drunkenness help prevent impaired driving 174 48 Teens can be "scared straight" 176 49 Sexting is only a teen problem 177 50 Traditional High School Driver education courses have a strong record of making teens safe drivers 178 Index 180

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Book SynopsisThrough a variety of case studies, Transnational Histories of Youth in the Twentieth Century examines the emergence of youth and young people as a central historical force in the global history of the twentieth century.Table of ContentsContents Introduction: The Transnationality of Youth; Richard Ivan Jobs and David M. Pomfret 1. Youth and Rural Modernity in Japan, 1900s-1920s; Sayaka Chatani 2. Boy Scouts under the Aztec Sun: Mexican Youth and the Transnational Construction of Identity, 1917-1940; Elena Jackson Albarrán 3. 'These Heroic Days': Marxist Internationalism, Masculinity and Young British Scientists, 1930s-1940s; Heather Ellis 4. A Malayan Girlhood on Parade: Colonial Femininities, Transnational Mobilities and the Girl Guide Movement in British Malaya; Jilian Christina Wu 5. Colonial Circulations: Vietnamese Youth, Travel and Empire, 1919-1940; David M. Pomfret 6. Youth Mobility and the Making of Europe, 1945-1960; Richard Ivan Jobs 7. On the Revolutionary Road: Youth, Displacements and Politics in the 'Long' Latin American Sixties; Valeria Manzano 8. Movement Youth in a Global Sixties Hub: The Everyday Lives of Transnational Activists in Postcolonial Dar es Salaam; Andrew Ivaska 9. 'Belonging to Many Homes': Argentine Sephardi Youth in Buenos Aires and Israel, 1956-1976; Adriana M. Brodsky 10. Swinging across the Iron Curtain and Moscow's Summer of Love: How Western Youth Culture Went East; Juliane Fürst 11. Deng's Children: 'Youth' and the 1989 Movement; Fabio Lanza 12. A Transnational Generation: Franco-Maghribi Youth Culture and Musical Politics in the Late Twentieth Century; Paul A. Silverstein

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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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Book SynopsisOver recent years, it has become clear that group-based approaches cannot directly be used to understand individual adolescent development. For that reason, interest in dynamic systems theory, or DST, has increased rapidly. Psychosocial Development in Adolescence: Insights from the Dynamic Systems Approach covers state-of-the-art insights into adolescent development that have resulted from adopting a dynamic systems approach.The first chapter of the book provides a basic introduction into dynamic systems principles and explains their consequences for the study of psychosocial development in adolescence. Subsequently, different experts discuss why and how we should apply a dynamic systems approach to the study of the adolescent transition period and psychological interventions. Various examples of the application of a dynamic systems approach are showcased, ranging from basic to more advanced techniques, as well as the insights they have generated. These applications cover a variety of fundamental topics in adolescent development, ranging from the development of identity, morality, sexuality, and peer networks, to more applied topics such as psychological interventions, educational dropout, and talent development.This book will be invaluable to both beginner and expert-level students and researchers interested in a dynamic systems approach and in the insights that it has yielded for adolescent development.Trade ReviewResearchers studying adolescent development have often identified that one size does not fit all. For a long time we have lacked the proper tools to explore these individual processes in adolescent development. Psychosocial Development in Adolescence: Insights from the Dynamic Systems Approach is a roadmap for encouraging wonder and discovery of these individual processes. Now it is time to make a difference and take seriously the individual processes when studying adolescent development. Dynamic Systems Approach (DSA) is the fundamental approach behind the roadmap. Like any forefront scientific investigation, DSA gives us new tools and methods to examine individual processes. It seems possible that widespread use of these techniques could spur a return to the kind of new approach that is now needed in adolescent research globally. Psychosocial Development in Adolescence: Insights from the Dynamic Systems Approach is a much needed call to join an important new approach. It encourages us all to ask new questions. It inspires us to share the questions we ask every day. It motivates us to keep asking until we find routes to the answers. In a world where understanding diverse and individual pathways is essential, the DSA approach offers a richer way to solve these problems as a worldwide community of curious people who wonder about the fundamental new insights of the adolescent development.Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro, Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, FinlandTable of ContentsContentsChapter 1. Introduction to a dynamic systems approach to psychosocial development in adolsenceNaomi M.P. de Ruiter, Mandy A.E. van der Gaag, Bertus F. Jeronimus, and E. Saskia KunnenChapter 2. Systems in transition: the adolescent phase transition Tom Hollenstein and Tiffany TsuiChapter 3. Matching methods to theory: using dynamic systems models to understand nested systems of adolescent development Nancy Darling and Ian BurnsChapter 4. A nonlinear dynamic systems approach to psychological interventions Günter Schiepek, Helmut Schöller, Roswitha Carl, Wolfgang Aichhorn, and Anna Lichtwarck-AschoffChapter 5. Conflict dynamics and the transformation of the parent-adolescent relationship Jessica P. LougheedChapter 6. The nature of adolescents’ real-time self-esteem from a dynamic systems perspective: the socially embedded self-esteem model Naomi M.P. de RuiterChapter 7. Dynamic system perspectives on anxiety and depression Bertus F. JeronimusChapter 8. Trajectories preceding student dropout: an intra-individual process approach Mandy A.E. van der Gaag, E. Saskia Kunnen, and Paul L.C. van GeertChapter 9. Identity development from a dynamic dystems perspective E. Saskia KunnenChapter 10. Youth’s sexual relationships and development: improving our understanding through a dynamic systems approach Daphne van de BongardtChapter 11. Dynamic developmental complexity of moral motivation for adolescents and young adultsUlas KaplanChapter 12. Social development and group processes: a social network application to bullying and network interventionsGijs Huitsing, Jan K. Dijkstra, and René VeenstraChapter 13. Visualizing individual dynamics: the case of a talented adolescent Joske K. van der Sluis, Steffie van der Steen, Gert Stulp, and Ruud J.R. den HartighChapter 14. conclusion and Discussion: what we can gain from a dynamic systems approach to psychosocial development in adolescenceMandy A.E. van der Gaag, Naomi M.P. de Ruiter, Bertus F. Jeronimus, and E. Saskia Kunnen

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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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Book SynopsisYoung people's lives continue to be the topic of public scrutiny and recurring moral panics'. Smoking cannabis, speeding, and engaging in street-level fights are depicted as activities based on poor choices' or simple hedonism, putting young people's futures at risk. Based on comprehensive, qualitative research with young people in Denmark, this book illustrates how such individualised accounts miss out on the inherently social character of risk-taking activities.Youth, Risk, Routine introduces a new approach to risk-taking activities as being an integral and routinised part of young people's everyday life. By applying social theories of practice, this insightful volume presents a framework for understanding the routinised dimensions of young people's engagement in risk-taking and how this is embedded in, intertwined with, and held in place by other everyday practices. Indeed, through extensive empirical analyses of the rich material at hand, the authors explore how roTrade ReviewThis is an important, thoughtful, and original new research monograph about young people and risk. It deserves a wide audience amongst researchers, lecturers, and students; not only is it useful and accessible, it is ambitious and innovative. The authors have combined their own, separate research studies to provide a compelling, expansive, and coherent new approach to understanding young people’s risk-taking practices. Young people are often said to be at risk, or to pose risks to others. Risk is an influential concept in youth research, theory, and policy but it is also complicated, contested, and multi-faceted and used in quite different ways. Bengtsson and Ravn lead us away from individualised, positivistic, normative, choice-heavy, moral-panic infused understandings of risk to a theory that prioritises young people’s shared understandings and their routinized, embodied, socially-contextualised everyday practices. Practices of risk in respect of alcohol and drug use, speeding in motor vehicles, offending, youth culture, violence, partying, and so on are explored through detailed, qualitative vignettes and case studies from the authors’ own research. Bengtsson and Ravn quite rightly locate these insights into the everyday risk practices of young people within a wider analysis of changing patterns of youth transition to adulthood and, in turn, how these relate to changes in the welfare state, society, and economy. Rob MacDonald, Visiting Professor, Danish Centre for Youth Research, University of Aalborg; Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Sociology, Monash UniversityThis is an excellent book that not only takes our understanding of ‘risk’ to new levels but also shows why it should remain central to how we analyses the lives of young people today. A must read for those working in the field of youth sociology’. Alan France, Professor, University of AucklandThis is an insightful book about risk-taking practices amongst young people in Denmark. Bengtsson and Ravn take a fresh look at theories of risk while also drawing on youth sociology to analyse their own empirical data on young people’s risk-taking practices. I will strongly recommend this book for both practitioners and researchers dealing with young people today.Katrine Fangen, Professor, University of OsloTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: why study youth and risk? Chapter 2. Setting the scene: growing up in DenmarkChapter 3. Looking back: ‘risk’ in the sociology of youth Chapter 4. Looking ahead: towards a new framework for analysing youth risk-taking as practiceChapter 5. Being young: risk-taking practices and youth culture Chapter 6. Coordinating practices: risk-taking and everyday lifeChapter 7. Embodying risk-taking: risk, embodiment, and gender Chapter 8. Contextualising risk: risk-taking, youth transitions, and processes of social marginalisationChapter 9. Conclusion: routines of risk in young lives Appendix: The two empirical studies

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Book SynopsisThis bookcontaining contributions from scholars who are well-known for their research on gangs, and selected as experts on the assigned topicsexamines youth gangs from a developmental/life-course perspective, exploring a myriad of issues related to gang membership, its causes, its consequences, and various intervention efforts to both prevent gang membership and reduce the problematic impact of gangs. Beginning with research exploring the intergenerational continuity in gang membership and examining the causal processes leading to gang membership, the structure of the book reflects the developmental sequence of gang membership. The consequences of gang membership for youth are examined, as are intervention strategies. The book also presents the first conceptual framework on female gang involvement, taking into account the differences in the paths and roles that women and girls may take into the gang. The book concludes by exploring how gang membership affects job possibilitieTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Exploring intergenerational continuity in gang membership 2. Developmental pathways of youth gang membership: a structural test of the social development model 3. Differentiating between delinquent groups and gangs: moving beyond offending consequences 4. School transitions as a turning point for gang status 5. Leveraging the pushes and pulls of gang disengagement to improve gang intervention: findings from three multi-site studies and a review of relevant gang programs 6. Toward a multiracial feminist framework for understanding females’ gang involvement 7. The practical utility of a life-course gang theory for intervention 8. The labor market and gang membership in adulthood: is the availability, quality, and nature of legal work associated with adult gang involvement?

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