ISBN:
9781315440750
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (155 pages)
Series Statement:
Youth, Young Adulthood and Society Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Bengtsson, Tea Torbenfeldt Youth, Risk, Routine : A New Perspective on Risk-Taking in Young Lives
DDC:
302/.12
Keywords:
Youth..
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Risk-taking (Psychology)
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: why study youth and risk? -- Introduction -- Youth and 'problem behaviours' -- Youth and risk-taking -- Researching youth and risk-taking: a few analytical and ethical reflections -- Structure of the book -- References -- 2 Setting the scene: growing up in Denmark -- Introduction -- Education and employment -- Family life, economic well-being, and independence -- Social mobility -- Vulnerable groups and social support -- Summing up: growing up in Denmark -- References -- 3 Looking back: 'risk' in the sociology of youth -- Introduction -- Subcultural theories: deviance and moral panics -- New times, new risks: the risk society paradigm -- Governing young people: the 'at risk' concept as a technology of power -- Voluntary risk-taking and edgework: the positive aspects of risk -- Risk-taking and everyday life -- References -- 4 Looking ahead: towards a new framework for analysing youth risk-taking as practice -- Introduction -- What is practice theory? -- Temporality and the embodiment of practices -- Shifting focus from the individual to the social -- Summing up: making practice theory work for analysing young people's risk-taking practices -- Note -- References -- 5 Being young: risk-taking practices and youth culture -- Introduction -- Being young -- The fun and routine of partying -- Cannabis and partying practices -- Hanging out with friends -- Risk-taking practices as subcultural practices? -- Summing up: risk-taking practices and youth culture -- References -- 6 Coordinating practices: risk-taking and everyday life -- Introduction -- Balancing practices in everyday life -- Integrating risk practices with everyday life practices -- Risk practices disrupting everyday life practices
Abstract:
A 'new normal': when risk-taking practices become everyday life practices -- Breaking with the everyday -- Summing up: situating risk practices in everyday life -- Note -- References -- 7 Embodying risk-taking: risk, embodiment, and gender -- Introduction -- Learning practices of risk and gender -- Embodying experiences of 'too much' -- Breaking with embodied practices -- Summing up: risk, gender, and embodiment -- References -- 8 Contextualising risk: risk-taking, youth transitions, and processes of social marginalisation -- Introduction -- Fragile transitions: Frank's case -- Family 'transmissions' of risk-taking practices -- Adopting practices -- Counter-productive parenting practices? -- Risk-taking as a practice of place -- Summing up: risk-taking practices and transition practices -- References -- 9 Conclusion: routines of risk in young lives -- Introduction -- Routinisation -- Coordination -- Embodiment -- Social context -- Temporality -- A turn to practice: practical implications -- References -- Appendix -- Study 1: 'Investigating risk cultures among Danish youth' (Signe Ravn) -- Study 2: 'Investigating the role of risk- taking in vulnerable young people's pathways to early adulthood' ... -- Ethical considerations across the two studies -- References -- Index
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