No Space of their Own: Young People and Social Control in Australia
出版时间:
1991-01
版次:
1
ISBN:
9780521377782
定价:
359.10
装帧:
平装
开本:
其他
纸张:
其他
页数:
252页
正文语种:
英语
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Thisbookwasfirstpublishedin1990.InAustralia,asinotherWesternsocieties,youngpeoplearefacingacrisis.Structuralchangesintheeconomyhavefundamentallyalteredthetransitionfromchildtoadult.Manyyoungpeoplemustchoosebetweenexploitedlabourandcrime.RobWhitecutsthroughthepoliticalrhetoricandmediaimagesofyoungpeople,andexposestheunderlyingtrendsofsociety'sresponsetothe'youthproblem'.Heshowshowwell-meaningprogrammesintendedto'help'youngpeopleinfactserveasagentsofsocialcontrol,reducingandregulatingthespacetheycanoccupy.AllaroundAustralia,governmentsaretreatingthesymptomsbutignoringthecauses.Theschoolsystem,trainingprogrammes,youthworkers,campaignsagainstdrugabuseandcrime-allexertpressureonyoungpeopletoconformtothedemandsofasocietyinwhichtheyhavenosay.
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内容简介:
Thisbookwasfirstpublishedin1990.InAustralia,asinotherWesternsocieties,youngpeoplearefacingacrisis.Structuralchangesintheeconomyhavefundamentallyalteredthetransitionfromchildtoadult.Manyyoungpeoplemustchoosebetweenexploitedlabourandcrime.RobWhitecutsthroughthepoliticalrhetoricandmediaimagesofyoungpeople,andexposestheunderlyingtrendsofsociety'sresponsetothe'youthproblem'.Heshowshowwell-meaningprogrammesintendedto'help'youngpeopleinfactserveasagentsofsocialcontrol,reducingandregulatingthespacetheycanoccupy.AllaroundAustralia,governmentsaretreatingthesymptomsbutignoringthecauses.Theschoolsystem,trainingprogrammes,youthworkers,campaignsagainstdrugabuseandcrime-allexertpressureonyoungpeopletoconformtothedemandsofasocietyinwhichtheyhavenosay.
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