Key Concepts in Youth Studies

Dr. Mark Cieslik is a senior lecturer in sociology at the Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Mark has researched young people, learning, and literacies as well as aspects of well-being and happiness. He established the British Sociological Association Happiness Study Group in 2009. He is the author of The Happiness Riddle and the Quest for a Good Life (2017) and coauthored with Donald Simpson, Key Concepts in Youth Studies (2013). He is conducting research into mindfulness as well as cross-national comparative projects into happiness/well-being.

"Key Concepts in Youth Studies is an engaging, concise reference book that critically addresses new work in a rapidly changing social science field....Focusing on discourses, categories, methods, and research with young people, the authors address how social and political changes enable and constrain youths′ opportunities in a rapidly changing world. Although many of the examples are UK-based, this is a valuable contribution to the literature on youth studies globally, the field′s changing research, and future challenges. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above."

• Introduction: Making Sense of Young People TodayFoundational Concepts, Issues and DebatesDefining YouthYouth TransitionsYouth CulturesYoung People and Social PoliciesWorking with Young PeopleResearching YouthTheorizing YouthThe History of YouthYoung People, Divisions and InequalityRepresentations of YouthMajor Concepts, Issues and DebatesLeisureCrimeYouth TrainingHousingSocial Networks and Social CapitalWell-BeingGenderSexualitiesEducationThe Body′Place′ and BelongingReligionMusic′Race′ and EthnicitiesInformal LearningSocial ClassPolitics, Protest and Social MovementsWork and EmploymentGlobalizationDisabilityConsumptionThe Youth UnderclassHomelessness