The Making of a Generation : The Children of the 1970s in Adulthood /

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Although children born in the 1970s were more educated than ever before, as adults they entered new labour markets that were de-regulated and precarious. Lesley Andres and Johanna Wyn discuss the consequences of education and labour policies in Canada and Australia, emphasizing their long-term impac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andres, Lesley
Other Authors: Wyn, Johanna, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Young adults > Social conditions.
Social conditions
Generation X.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
Generation X > Australie.
Generation X > Canada.
Jeunes adultes > Australie > Conditions sociales.
Jeunes adultes > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Generation X > Australia.
Young adults > Australia > Social conditions.
Young adults > Canada > Social conditions.
Canada.
Australia.
Australie > Conditions sociales.
Canada > Conditions sociales > 1991-
Canada > Conditions sociales > 1971-1991.
Australia > Social conditions.
Canada > Social conditions > 1991-
Canada > Social conditions > 1971-1991.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Concepts and Theories: Understanding Generation and Change
  • 3. Shaping Generational Change through Policy
  • 4. Hopes, Dreams
  • 5. Education: Changing Structures and Changing Opportunities
  • 6. Gaining a Fooyhold in the World of Work
  • 7. Relationships and Family
  • 8. Health and Well-Being: Achieving a Balance in Life
  • 9. Implications: Generation and Inequality.

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