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Paperback. The contributors to this text presents a cross-cultural exploration of youth perspectives on violence based on ethnicity, sexuality and gender. Editor(s): Daiute, Colette; Fine, Michelle. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume 59, Number 1, 2003
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112338
ISBN
9781405112338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.89

Paperback. Why has youth participatory evaluation (YPE) become so important so quickly? Participatory evaluation focuses on stakeholder empowerment. But empowering youth is not the same as working with other communities. For just this reason, there is a spate of books on various aspects of action research, all aimed at educators working with youth. Series: Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKS; JMH; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787983925
ISBN
9780787983925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.44

Hardback. This timely book offers a fresh look at youth participation: examining official and unofficial constructions of participation by young people in a range of socio-political domains. Editor(s): Loncle, Patricia; Cuconato, Morena; Muniglia, Virginie. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447300182
ISBN
9781447300182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.87

Hardcover. This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the participation of young people in European democratic life. The authors understand democracy broadly as both institutional politics and civic cultures, and a wide range of methods are used to analyse and assess youth participation and attitudes. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBC; JPH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137540201
ISBN
9781137540201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. Young people become empowered by their participation in the institutions and decisions that affect their lives - which in turn can lead to real positive change in the community. This book presents leading authorities providing the research and effective approaches on how young people can be drawn to participate in organizations and communities. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780789032928
ISBN
9780789032928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.44
€ 38.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Meyer, Bradley; Rice, Joel A. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 5. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622574049
ISBN
9781622574049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.92
€ 66.06

Hardback. This text draws upon a variety of sources to show how different ideas of youth were constructed in East and West Europe in the course of modernization under both Communism and welfare capitalism. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DV; JFC; JFSP2; JKS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333652251
ISBN
9780333652251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

hardcover. This book explores how in contemporary India the emerging sense of individuality in youth is seeking its own balance of relationality with parental figures and cohesion with social order. It provides psychological perspectives on the dynamics of social change. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSP2; JHB; JMS; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer, India, Private Ltd India
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9788132207146
ISBN
9788132207146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.87

Hardcover. This study investigates the role of youth in peacebuilding, and addresses the failure of states and existing research to recognise youths as political actors, which can result in their contribution to peacebuilding being ignored. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSP2; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230285217
ISBN
9780230285217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Hardcover. Editor(s): Nelson, Olive F.; Davies, Mace R. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 185 x 263 x 21. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620818848
ISBN
9781620818848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 305.58
€ 207.81

Hardcover. Through the lens of education, this book attempts to situate young people within a number of theoretical and political considerations that offer up a new 'analytic of youth', one that posits not only the emergence of a new way to talk about youth but also a new language for understanding the politics that increasing frame their lives. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230613294
ISBN
9780230613294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 47.17

Hardcover. This book gives a vivid account of the ways in which marginalised black and Latino youth in New York City and white and indigenous youth in a Canadian sub-Arctic community use visual material culture to assemble their racial, place-based and gender identities. Series: Critical Studies of Education. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JFSP2; JHM; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 523.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400748569
ISBN
9789400748569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.19

Hardcover. This book analyzes the music that young portenas/os (the inhabitants of Buenos Aires, Argentina) actually listen to nowadays, which, contrary to well-entrenched stereotypes, is not tango but rock nacional, cumbiaand romantic music. Chapters examine the music and what the Argentinean youth use it to say about themselves. Editor(s): Vila, Pablo; Seman, Pablo. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVG; JFC; JFSL4; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230104631
ISBN
9780230104631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. This book analyzes the music that young portenas/os (the inhabitants of Buenos Aires, Argentina) actually listen to nowadays, which, contrary to well-entrenched stereotypes, is not tango but rock nacional, cumbiaand romantic music. Chapters examine the music and what the Argentinean youth use it to say about themselves." Editor(s): Seman, Pablo; Vila, Pablo. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JFSL; JFSR; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349289233
ISBN
9781349289233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This is the first book dedicated to Australian youth gangs, exploring the subtleties and nuances of street life for young men and their quest for social respect. The key focus is on group violence and the ways in which the 'gang' provides a forum for the expression of this violence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSP2; JKVJ; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137333841
ISBN
9781137333841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

hardcover. Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling examines the formation of Vietnamese American youth gangs in Southern California. Lam addresses the particularities of racism, violence, and schooling in an era of anti-youth legislation and frames gang members as post-colonial subjects, offering an alternative analysis toward humanization and decolonization. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSL1; JKVQ2; JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137475589
ISBN
9781137475589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.39

Hardback. This volume provides a rare look into youth gangs on a global scale. Topics include definition and measurement issues, group processes of gangs, and gang research in a number of European countries. Editor(s): Esbensen, Finn-Aage; Maxson, Cheryl L. Num Pages: 332 pages, 16 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2012
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461416586
ISBN
9781461416586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.42

paperback. Editor(s): Jagodzinski, Jan. Num Pages: 281 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
Edition
2004th Edition
SKU
V9781403961655
ISBN
9781403961655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 47.17

Hardback. Editor(s): Jagodzinski, Jan; Hipfl, Brigitte (Professor of Media and Communication Studies, University of Klagenfurt, Austria). Num Pages: 281 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSP2; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403961648
ISBN
9781403961648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 48.11

Hardcover. Youth Ethnic and National Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an interdisciplinary effort to position and describe the contested nature of state and ethnic identity among youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina by providing empirical, first-hand evidence on identity structure and the subsequent implications for inter-group relations. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; JFSL; JFSP2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137346940
ISBN
9781137346940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; GTF; JFSL; JMH; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349467174
ISBN
9781349467174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. This volume critically examines the multiple and contested meanings of ideal citizenship and reveal how children and youth craft active citizenship as they encounter and respond to the various institutions and organizations designed to encourage their civic and political development. Series Editor(s): Bass, Loretta. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JPH; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785604256
ISBN
9781785604256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.85

Hardback. This volume adopts a critical approach to the civic and political socialization projects which aim to transform children and youth into upstanding citizens. By synthesizing the study of young people's civic and political socialization under the rubric of "Youth Engagement", the interplay of the civic and the political throughout young people's liv Editor(s): Kawecka Nenga, Sandi; Taft, Jessica K. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP2; YXZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781905432
ISBN
9781781905432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.16

Hardcover. Within contemporary youth research there are two dominant streams - a 'transitions' and a 'cultures' perspective. This collection shows that it is no longer possible to understand the experience of young people through these prisms and proposes new conceptual foundations for youth studies, capable of bridging the gap between these approaches. Editor(s): Woodman, Dan; Bennett, Andy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137377227
ISBN
9781137377227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

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