Overview
Secondary school graduates of the late 1980s and early 1990s have found themselves coping with economic insecurity, social change, and workplace restructuring. Drawing on studies that have recorded the lives of young people in two countries for over fifteen years, The Making of a Generation offers unique insight into the hopes, dreams, and trajectories of a generation. Although children born in the 1970s were more educated than ever before, as adults they entered new labour markets that were de-regulated and precarious. Lesley Andres and Johanna Wyn discuss the consequences of education and labour policies in Canada and Australia, emphasizing their long-term impacts on health, well-being, and family formation. They conclude that these young adults bore the brunt of policies designed to bring about rapid changes in the nature of work. Despite their modest hopes and aspirations for security, those born in the 1970s became a vanguard generation as they negotiated the significant social and economic transformations of the 1990s.
Full Product Details
Author: Lesley Andres ,
Johanna Wyn ,
Johanna Wyn
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9780802092588
ISBN 10: 0802092586
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 16 October 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'Insightful, revealing, and rewarding, The Making of a Generation engages with young people's lives across a range of spheres-from education, work, and health, to relationships, youth lifestyles, and life patterns. Leslie Andres and Johanna Wyn speak to those fascinated by the notion of generation and its links to social complexity and change. This valuable study takes a holistic approach to the examination of how people live their lives.'--Jane Kenway, Faculty of Education, Monash University
'Insightful, revealing, and rewarding, The Making of a Generation engages with young people's lives across a range of spheres-from education, work, and health, to relationships, youth lifestyles, and life patterns. Leslie Andres and Johanna Wyn speak to those fascinated by the notion of generation and its links to social complexity and change. This valuable study takes a holistic approach to the examination of how people live their lives.' - Jane Kenway, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Author Information
Lesley Andres is a professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia. Johanna Wyn is a professor in Education and director of the Youth Research Centre at the University of Melbourne.
