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Author Wierenga, Ani.

Title Young people making a life / Ani Wierenga ; foreword by Rob White
Published Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 243 pages)
Contents Growing Up: Global, Local, Rural -- Making a Life in Myrtle Vale -- Storying: Towards an Interpretive Framework -- Negotiating Changes -- Practices of Engagement -- Resources -- Resource Flows -- Familiar Patterns and Transformations -- Implications and Interventions -- Research and Theory as Grounded Social Practice
Summary Against a backdrop of social inequalities and rapid social change, this book develops a useful way of thinking about contemporary young people's issues. Following a group of young people for 12 years, Ani Wierenga's longitudinal study uncovers insider insights and examines what helps them to establish meaning, livelihood and connectedness. It shows how their lives are shaped by their context, but also how they come to access the resources they need (or not), the importance of trust relationships, and the vital role of individual and shared stories. The book provides an integrated discussion of topics including young people's learning and work, their creativity, their wellbeing and their active citizenship
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-235) and index
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Subject Youth -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Social conditions
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Teenagers.
Youth -- Social conditions
Jugend
Soziale Situation
Lebensbedingungen
Längsschnittuntersuchung
Tasmania
Tasmanien -- Süd
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230583405
0230583407