Seminars and Courses

Jane Ribbens McCarthy, Carol-Ann Hooper, Val Gillies (Eds) ISBN: 9781447304449 Policy Press, Bristol 2014   As the everyday family lives of children and young people come to be increasingly defined as matters of public policy and concern, it is important to raise the question of how we can understand the contested terrain between “normal” family…

Palgrave-Macmillan, 2014  The incorporation of Sub-Saharan African immigrant families is a key issue for France and Europe at large. Using the voices of first and second-generation immigrants to describe their integration experiences, this book illustrates how racial and immigrant statuses are assigned simultaneously and inseparably for those of African-descent in France, and in turn limit…

Aims and contents The development of youth work is a priority for the European Commission and the Council of Europe youth policy within a broader framework oriented towards the recognition and validation of non-formal education, the promotion of youth participation and the wider rethinking of education. In this context, the debate on the validation of…

#GeneraciónIndignada. Topías y Utopías del 15M Carles Feixa y Jordi Nofre (eds.) La Generación Indignada tuvo en su día el sueño de ser como sus progenitores o como aquella generación anterior que gracias a un trabajo estable y a un salario debidamente garantizado participaron de la transformación de la masa proletaria en masa propietaria acaecida…

Globalisation, employment and education in Sri Lanka: opportunity and division Emerita Angela W. Little & Siri T. Hettige About the book Since the late 1970s, Sri Lanka has undergone a socio-economic transformation,    from protectionism towards economic liberalisation and increasing integration into the world economy. Through a systematic comparison of these periods of economic change (1956–1977,…

The first issue in the series “Life Course Research and Social Policies” is now available in print and electronically. A NCCR LIVES team will edit the next volume. The book Negotiating the Life Course: Stability and Change in the Life Pathways, edited by Australian researchers Ann Evans and Janeen Baxter, is the first issue of…

Young People Making it Work Hernan Cuervo and Johanna Wyn Young People Making it Work examines a generation’s lives in rural Australia over the past two decades. Against a backdrop of dramatic social, economic and environmental change, the book tells the story of how a generation of young people have strived to remain connected to…

Author(s): Carmen Leccardi, Carles Feixa, Siyka Kovacheva, Herwig Reiter, Tatjana Sekulic (editors) ISBN: 978-92-871-7183-2 Format : 16 x 24 No. of pages : 207 Price : € 44 / US$ 88 Synopsis After the collapse of state socialism at the end of the 1980s, young people in Eastern Europe began to play a dramatically different…

• MachÑcek, L. (2004) Youth in Slovakia and European Identity, Bratislava. Download full text in .pdf format (1086 KB) • Walther, A., Stauber, B., Biggart, A., du Bois_Reymond, M., Furlong, A., Lãpez Blasco, A., Moerch, S., Pais, J.M. (eds.) (2002): MISLEADING TRAJECTORIES: Integration Policies for Young Adults in Europe? An EGRIS Publication. Read more about…

Here are three recently published books on contemporary youth that you may find interesting. For more information, just click the links. Contemporary Youth Research: Local Expressions and Global Connections edited by Helena Helve and Gunilla Holm A major new resource book for academics and students of youth studies, this work offers a rare comparative review…