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Disconnected Youth?

Growing up in Britain’s Poor in Neighbourhoods

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  1. Robert MacDonald

    1. University of Teesside, UK

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  2. Jane Marsh
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 1-5

  3. Social Exclusion and the Underclass: Debates and Issues

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 6-24

  4. Young People, Transitions and Social Change: Researching Disconnected Youth

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 25-47

  5. Missing School: Educational Engagement and Youth Transitions in Poor Neighbourhoods

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 48-67

  6. Street Corner Society: Leisure Careers and Social Exclusion

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 68-84

  7. Paths to Work? Youth Training, New Deal and Further Education

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 85-106

  8. Getting Jobs: The Status of Work in Poor Neighbourhoods

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 107-127

  9. Becoming and Being a Young Parent: Family Careers in Poor Neighbourhoods

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 128-151

  10. Housing Careers and the Significance of Place

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 152-169

  11. Journeys to the Margins: Drug and Criminal Careers

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 170-192

  12. Disconnected Youth? Conclusions

    • Robert MacDonald, Jane Marsh
    Pages 193-217

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 218-252
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How do young people get by in hard times and hard places? Have they become a 'lost generation' disconnected from society's mainstream? Do popular ideas about social exclusion or a welfare dependent underclass really connect with the lived experiences of the so-called 'disaffected', 'disengaged' and 'difficult-to-reach'? Based on close-up research with young men and women from localities suffering social exclusion in extreme form, Disconnected Youth? will appeal to all those who are interested in understanding and tackling the problems of growing up in Britain's poor neighbourhoods.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Teesside, UK

    Robert MacDonald

About the authors

ROBERT MACDONALD is Professor of Sociology at the University of Teesside. He has long-standing research interests in the consequences of social and economic change for individuals, families and communities. He has co-authored and edited several books and reports about young people and youth issues, including Risky Business? Youth and Enterprise Culture (1991), Youth, the 'Underclass' and Social Exclusion (1997), Snakes and Ladders (2000) and Poor Transitions (2004).

JANE MARSH studied sociology at Edinburgh University. After working for the Careers Service, she then moved to the University of Teesside to work as the key researcher on the Disconnected Youth? project. She has co-authored several conference papers and journal articles on young people and social exclusion. She has more recently worked for Teesside Probation Service and is now a primary school teacher.

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