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Author:   W. Mitchell ,  R. Bunton ,  E. Green
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2004 ed.
Weight:   0.454kg
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9781349721245

ISBN 10:   1349721247
Pages:   257
Publication Date:   01 January 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: Young People, Risk and Leisure: An Overview; W.Mitchell , R.Bunton & E.Green PART ONE: DANGER, UNCERTAINTY AND PLEASURE: THE MANAGEMENT OF EVERYDAY RISKS Pleasure, Aggression and Fear: The Driving Experiences of Young Sydneysiders; D.Lupton Living in my Street: Young People's Perceptions of Health and Social Risk; K.Gillen , A.Guy & M.Banim Risky Identities: Young Women, Street Prostitution and 'Doing Motherhood'; E.Green The Labour Market Inclusion and Exclusion of Young People in Scottish Rural Labour Markets; F.Cartmel PART TWO: SPACE, PLACE AND LEISURE From Policy to Place: Theoretical Explorations of Gender-Leisure Relations in Everyday Life; C.Aitchison Youth, Leisure, Travel and Fear of Crime: An Australian Study; J.Tulloch Streetwise or Safe: Girls Negotiating Time and Space; T.Seabrook & E.Green Sites of Contention: Young People, Community and Leisure Space; A.Foreman PART THREE: LEISURE PURSUITS AND GENDERED IDENTITY Risk, Gender and Youthful Bodies; R.Bunton , P.Crawshaw & E.Green Risk, Motherhood and Children's Play Spaces: The Importance of Young Mothers' Experiences and Risk Management Strategies; W.Mitchell Risking It? Young Mothers' Experiences of Motherhood and Leisure; R.Watson The 'Logic of Practice' in the Risky Community: The Potential of the Work of Pierre Bourdieu for Theorising Young Men's Risk Taking; P.Crawshaw Every Good Boy Deserves Football; S.Pratt & E.Burn

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CARA AITCHISON is Reader in Leisure Policy and Cultural Theory at the University of Gloucestershire, UK MAURA BANIM is Principal Lecturer in Fondation Studies at the University of Teesside, UK ELIZABETH BURN is Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at London Metropolitan University, UK FRED CARTMEL is Senior Research Associate in the Youth, Education and Employment Research Unit, based at the University of Glasgow, UK PAUL CRAWSHAW is Lecturer in Research Methods in the School of Health and Social Care, University of Teesside, UK ANNE FOREMAN is Research Associate at the Centre for Public Policy, University of Northumbria, UK KATE GILLEN is Director of Educational Development for County Durham and Tees Valley National Health Service Workforce Development Confederation, UK ALISON GUY is Pyschology Subject Leader at Teesside University, UK DEBORAH LUPTON is Professor of Sociology and Cultural Studies at Charles Sturt University, Australia SIMON PRATT is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at London Metropolitan University, UK and also Teacher at State University of New York, USA TAMARA SEABROOK is Researcher in the School of Health at the University of Bradford, UK JOHN TULLOCH is Professor of Media Communication at Cardiff Unversity, Wales, and also Director of the Centre for Cultural Research into Risk, Charles Sturt University, Australia REBECCA WATSON is Senior Lecturer in the School of Leisure and Sports Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

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