SOCI 2P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: W. M. Keck Observatory, 1995 World Figure Skating Championships, Middle Ages
25 Nov 2015
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The result of questioning and examining from other perspectives. Marx- contradictions (dialectical materialism) are an impetus for change. What do you think are the prevailing social stereotypes about youth in. Employers and clients have contributed to this notion. Institutional shaping of current realities of youth: education, economy, prolonged-no more 3 year ba -4 year, post-graduate, college, unpaid/semipaid internship. 2x the unemployment rate high rates of underemployment-rise of the precariat-contract, part-time. Implications for youth: financial compromises - condo living, prolonged dependency on parents, growing gap in economic well-being by generation. Generational analysis welfare state: the best generation (war generation, baby boom generation- b 1946-1966 golden age of capitalism, growth of. Economic advantages, dramatic social change, optimism: generation x 1966-1976- the lost generation- latchkey kids, divorce- generation of skeptics. Generation z b. after 1995 world"s saviours affected by instability, environment, social media more diverse. Prefer smarts" to looks" see don tapscott growing up digital.
