The changing adolescent experience societal trends and the transition to adulthood

The path adolescents take from childhood to adulthood is a product of social, economic, political, and technological forces. These forces may facilitate youth's preparation to become healthy adults, or they may leave youth unprepared for adulthood. Knowledgeable projections are vital in shaping...

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Other Authors: Mortimer, Jeylan T., 1943- (-), Larson, Reed, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2002.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798231406719
Table of Contents:
  • Macrostructural trends and the reshaping of adolescence / Jeylan T. Mortimer, Reed W. Larson
  • Youth in aging societies / Elizabeth Fussell
  • Transition from school to work / Alan C. Kerckhoff
  • Criminal justice in the lives of American adolescents: choosing the future / Frank T. Cullen, John Paul Wright
  • Adolescent health care in the United States: implications and projections for the new millennium / Elizabeth M. Ozer, Tracy MacDonald, Charles E. Irwin, Jr
  • Youth and information technology / Ronald E. Anderson
  • Social space, the final frontier: adolescents on the Internet / Kate Hellenga
  • Approaching policy for adolescent development in the twenty-first century / James Youniss, Allison J. Ruth.