Unfolding lives: Youth, gender and change

Author:   Rachel Thomson (Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 September 2011
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Author:   Rachel Thomson (Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
ISBN:  

9781847429025


ISBN 10:   1847429025
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 September 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The breadth and depth of youth transitions; A method in practice; Gender and social change; Going up: discipline and opportunism; Going down: between stasis and mobility; Coming out: from the closet to stepping stones; Acting out: rebellion with a cause; Interruption: from explanation to understanding; Conversation: reading between the lines; Youth, gender and change.

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"""The richness of the individual cases, drawn from the larger study, is uniquely illuminating. This book will, hopefully, be read across the social sciences and by those interested in, or grappling with, innovative methodologies."" Children & Society"


""The richness of the individual cases, drawn from the larger study, is uniquely illuminating. This book will, hopefully, be read across the social sciences and by those interested in, or grappling with, innovative methodologies."" Children & Society ""This book is a real page-turner. An original, imaginative and carefully crafted account of young lives in process, 'Unfolding Lives' takes the reader on an inspirational sociological journey of breath-taking depth and variety."" Mary Jane Kehily, Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University


The richness of the individual cases, drawn from the larger study, is uniquely illuminating. This book will, hopefully, be read across the social sciences and by those interested in, or grappling with, innovative methodologies. Children & Society This book is a real page-turner. An original, imaginative and carefully crafted account of young lives in process, 'Unfolding Lives' takes the reader on an inspirational sociological journey of breath-taking depth and variety. Mary Jane Kehily, Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University


Author Information

Rachel Thomson is Professor of Social Research in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University. She has written widely in the fields of youth studies, sexuality and qualitative methods. Recent publications include ""Inventing adulthood: a biographical approach to youth transitions"" (with Henderson et al; Sage, 2007) and ""Researching social change: qualitative approaches"" (with McLeod; Sage, 2009).

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