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 166-083 Sociology of Youth and Youth Policy

Note

Formerly available as 166-250/350. Students who have completed 166-250/350 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Johanna Wyn

Prerequisites

Usually Sociology 1A and Sociology 1B.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject introduces major sociological approaches to youth, and explores ways youth experience interacts with the state through examining youth policy. The subject locates the youth experience in changing forms of socialisation, with reference to school, family, gender and sexual identities. It examines ways youth is constructed as a category of policy, with reference to contemporary issues such as youth homelessness, health and legal issues. It focuses on young people's responses, exploring ways young people can be understood as social actors.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words

Prescribed Texts
  • J Wyn & R White, Rethinking Youth. Allen & Unwin 1997.
  • A McRobbie, Feminism and Youth Culture. Macmillan 1991.
  • C Griffin, Representations of Youth. Polity 1993.
  • P Dwyer, Opting Out: Early School Leavers and the Degeneration of Youth Policy. National Clearing House for Youth Studies 1996.
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