Young people and social change: Individuation and risk in late modernity

An examination of modern theoretical interpretations of social change in relation to young people, providing an overview of their experiences in a number of key contexts such as education, employment, the family, leisure, health, crime and politics. The risk society;change and continuity in education; social change and labour market transitions; changing patterns of dependency; leisure and lifestyles; health risks in late modernity; crime and insecurity; politics and participation; the epistemological fallacy of late modernity.