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Understanding Youth in Late Modernity
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France, A. (April 2007) Understanding Youth in Late Modernity, Open University Press, 208pp.
ISBN: 0 335 21534 3 (EAN: 9 780335 215348) Paperback £19.99
ISBN: 0 335 21535 1 (EAN: 9 780335 215355) Hardback £60.00 Download order form 
CONTENTS
Introduction
The making of modern youth
Science and the age of reason: The 'discovery of adolescence'
Social science and the politicization of the youth question
Youth transitions in the age of uncertainty
Youth, education and the politics of inclusion
Threatening youth and risky futures
The marketization and commodification of youth
Youth culture and the growth of the 'risk taking generation'
The changing nature of youth in late modernity?
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This illuminating new book embeds our understanding of the youth question within a historical context. It shows how the ideas of past political action, in conjunction with the diverse paradigms of social science disciplines, have shaped modern conceptions of the youth question. This relationship between the political and the academic is then explored through a detailed examination of contemporary debates about youth, in areas such as; transitions, education, crime policy and criminology, consumption and youth culture. From this analysis the book is able to show how the youth question in late modernity is being shaped.
Understanding Youth in Late Modernity is key reading for students and academics interested in the historical conception of the youth problem, its evolution throughout modernity and endeavours to find a solution.
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