The new edition of this accessible textbook has been fully revised in order to bring it thoroughly up-to-date on policy developments. Offering a wide-ranging and critical overview of the analyses and debates concerning young people in the United Kingdom toda, the text brings together a series of readings to encourage critical reflection and thinking about the changing and diverse lives and priorities of young people.

The themes and issues addressed in this book include: citizenship, participation and empowerment; social difference and social identity; images of youth; young people and the politics of service provision; and working with young people in different contexts.

′The book is a useful student text that offers a wide range of well informed perspectives on the position of young people in society today. It has built on its successful first edition and should provide a useful springboard to further study′

- Scolag Legal Journal

′This resource will be very helpful to all those already working with children and young people and essential for those who are currently learning about how to work with children and young people′- Gill Frances, Director Children′s Development National Children′s Bureau

Are the recent policy initiatives aimed at improving life chances for young people working? Have they affected those most in need? How can young people be given more of a voice in policy making?

The new edition of this bestselling text offers a comprehensive introduction to the policy developments affecting young people in today′s society, covering the areas of education and training, work, youth justice, residential care and child protection. It brings together a wide-ranging series of readings written by leading experts, to encourage those working with young people, or training to do so, to critically reflect on both the theoretical and practical dimensions of their work.

The themes and issues addressed in this book include: citizenship, participation and empowerment; social difference and social identity; images of youth; young people and the politics of service provision; and working with young people in different contexts.

This new edition has been revised in order to bring it up-to-date on contemporary policy, law and practice changes and developments. Written in a lively and engaging manner, this accessible text will be invaluable reading for students taking courses in youth and social work, social policy, youth and criminal justice and the sociology of youth.

Youth in Society is a set book for the Open University courses K201, Working With Young People and K268, Social Work with Young People.

Introduction to the Second Edition - Rachel Thomson, Ronny Flynn, Jeremy Roche and Stanley Tucker
The Making and Moulding of Modern Youth - Rex Stainton Rogers
A Short History
Representations of the Young - Christine Griffin
Worlds Apart - Wendy Stainton Rogers et al
Young People′s Aspirations in a Changing Europe
`Pale Shadows′ - Les Back
Racism, Masculinity and Multiculture
Children′s Rights - Jeremy Roche
Participation and Dialogue
Citizens or What? - Tom Storrie
Racial Formations of Youth in Late 20th Century England - Gargi Bhattacharyya and John Gabriel
Young People and Political Participation - Claire Hackett
Youth Working - Stanley Tucker
Professional Identities Given, Received or Contested?
Welfare Services for Young People - Bob Coles
Better Connections?
Education and Training Provision for Young People - Stanley Tucker and Steve Walker
A New Era?
Beyond Bricks and Mortar - Joe Oldman
In and Out of Work? The Changing Fortunes of Young People in Contemporary Labour Markets - Harriet Bradley and Paul Hickman
Youth Justice - John Muncie
Responsibilisation and Rights
Youth Cultures and Sub-Cultures - Daren Garratt
Black Adolescent Identity and the Inadequacies of Western Psychology - Lena Robinson
Technologies of the Self - Maria Pini
Sexuality - Tim Edwards
Constructing a Way of Life - Rex Stainton Rogers
Friends and Lovers - Harriette Marshall and Paul Stenner
Young People and Family Life - Brian Dimmock
Apocalypse Now or Business as Usual?
Young Disabled People - Sally French and John Swain
The Mistreatment of Young People - Brian Corby
The Dilemmas of Intervention - Sarah Banks
You′re the Last Person I′d Talk To - John Coleman, Liza Catan and Catherine Dennison
Working with Young People in Residential Settings - Adrian Ward
The Management of Growing Up - Simon Bradford
Youth Work in Community Settings