Where young people grow up makes a decisive difference to their life chances. Drawing on case studies from ten European cities, this book looks at how the local environment and the services available for young people affect their socialization. What comes to the fore are the local matters. On the one hand, there are experiences of discrimination and marginalization due to distance and isolation, decay and neglect but also related to piecemeal and top-down approaches to youth and social services. On the other, we find signs of positive transformation and drivers of social innovation: community building projects, the revitalization of abandoned places, appreciative approaches to servicing and a whole array of tactics that young people deploy to overcome their daily struggles.
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With case studies from ten European cities, this book looks at how the local environment and the services available for young people affect their socialization. It shows experiences of discrimination and marginalization but also positive transformation and tactics that young people deploy toovercome their daily struggles.
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Qualitative research on deprived urban areas in ten European cities – Youth and social policy – Social inequalities – Social exclusion – Social innovation

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783631736616
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Peter Lang AG
Vekt
490 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
322

Om bidragsyterne

Simon Güntner is a Professor of Spatial Sociology at the Department of Spatial Planning at Technische Universität Wien.

Louis Henri Seukwa is a Professor of Educational Science at the Department of Social Work at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.

Anne-Marie Gehrke is a research fellow at the Department of Social Work at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.

Jill Robinson is a practitioner fellow at the Centre for Critical Inquiry into Society and Culture at Aston University in Birmingham.