TY  - BOOK
ED  - Mortimer, Jeylan T.
ED  - Larson, Reed
PY  - 2002
DA  - 2002//
TI  - changing adolescent experience: societal trends and the transition to adulthood
PB  - Cambridge University Press
CY  - Cambridge
KW  - Youth
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - Teenagers
KW  - Twenty-first century
KW  - Adolescence
KW  - Adolescence ; Forecasting
KW  - Teenagers ; Social conditions ; Forecasting
KW  - Youth ; Social conditions ; Forecasting
KW  - Twenty-first century ; Forecasts
AB  - 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 the agenda for research; for alerting educators, policy makers, and practitioners to new issues; and for formulating thoughtful responses to emerging dilemmas. This book focuses upon the future of adolescence in postindustrial societies. The authors identify some ominous societal changes that will affect youth: unstable job markets, competition for public resources due to an aging population, and widening income gaps between 'information workers' and low-skill workers. But they also observe opportunities created by information technology, innovations in health service delivery and criminal-justice rehabilitation, and the resourcefulness of a new generation. This volume examines these and other macro-structural changes that will impact adolescents' lives and their futures as adults
SN  - 9780511613913
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511613913
DO  - 10.1017/CBO9780511613913
LA  - English
N1  - edited by Jeylan T. Mortimer, Reed W. Larson
ID  - 883437767
ER  -