SOCA02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Positive Youth Development, Youth Empowerment, Neoliberalism
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Age categories translate to different ways of being . Fluctuating youth category can be linked to fluctuating economy. Demons of culture or angels of history (austin & willard 1998, p. 2) Idea of adolescence as a unique tumultuous stage of human development. Focus on individual, therefore a focus on policies geared to: Fix the individual rather than to remedy the societal conditions producing individual problems . 1980s present: prolonged youth as a positive identity. Cup is half-empty negative stereotyping of youth. Demons of culture or angels of history (austin & willard. Return to thinking about structural analysis and youth as a social category . shaped by broader changes in the global society and political ecnomy (furlong 2009) Focus on the category of youth & young adult. Emerging adult (allahar and cote, critical youth studies, p. In other words age range of 18-25 (with contextual caveats)
