An introduction to the study of young people which surveys the key issues affecting youth in Australia and the rest of the world. It considers the major debates surrounding the position of young people in society, the role of the state, the concept of class, the place of culture and the changing context of globalized social, economic and political processes.
Author Biography
Both authors are known as leading figures in youth studies in Australia. Rob White is the author of No Space of their Own and co-editor of The Police and Young People in Australia (both Cup). Johanna Wyn is co-author of Shaping Futures (A+U 1987). Rob White teaches in the Department of Criminology and Johanna Wyn is Director of the Youth Research Institute in the Faculty of Education, both at the University of Melbourne.
