Young Europeans in a changing world

Abstract

Europe is a rapidly changing world region in all respects Young Europeans in a Changing World Manuela du Bois-Reymond, Lynne ChisholmThe authors in this volume report what it is like to be young in the rapidly changing, enormously diverse world region that is early 21st-century Europe. The chapters privilege a decidedly sociological analysis of youth as a social and cultural construction and sets of contemporary social and cultural practices characteristic of young people and young adults living in European societies. In doing so, they signal a dual conviction. First, conceptualizing and understanding child and adolescent development also require the more structural perspectives that sociologists bring to macrolevel and microlevel theorizing. Second, the authors in this volume use the terms youth and young people rather than adolescence and adolescents, and they routinely introduce the terms young adulthood and young adults into their analyses. In this way, they underline the importance of research perspectives anchored in the study of the life course as a historically and culturally specific social phenomenon. Furthermore, this phenomenon is firmly situated within the large-scale economic and political change processes currently taking place in Europe and in the global context of Europe as a world region in interaction with other world regions.As a North American-based series with a largely North American readership, the New Directions series has published content that has naturally centered on North American debates and research findings. This issue 1

Lietuvos Nepilnamečių Justicijos Reformos Ir Nepilnamečių Nusikalstamumo Dinamika Klaipėdoje 1995–2019 M.

“…Per pastaruosius kelis dešimtmečius mūsų visuomenėje įvyko esminės socialinės slinktys. Įsivaizduojamą stabilumą pakeitė netikrumas, homogeniškumą -heterogeniškumas, tvarką ir linijinę seką -netvarkingi, nuolat besikeičiantys ciklai (Du-Bois, Chrisholm, 2006;Bruckner, Mayer, 2005). Jaunoji karta, gyvenanti šiuolaikinės rizikos visuomenėje, kurios permanentinė būklė -vis mažiau prognozuojamas socialinis gyvenimas, praranda kolektyvizmo determinantus, nuoseklumą, kita vertus, yra daug lankstesnė (Bruckner, Mayer, 2005, p. 28).…”

“…Our society has undergone radical social changes in the last few decades. The perceived stability was replaced by uncertainty, homogeneity by heterogeneity, and order and linear processes by disorderly cycles of constant change (Du-Bois, Chrisholm 2006;Bruckner, Mayer 2005). The younger generation in today's society, the permanent state of which is an increasingly less predictable social life, are losing the determinants of collectivism and consistency, while developing greater flexibility (Bruckner, Mayer 2005: 28).…”

School to work transition in Serbia: Returns to investment in education of youth

“…The global changes since the 1970s have contributed to rising unemployment and making it difficult for young generations to enter the labor market. The transition from school to work increasingly loses its standard shape and becomes prolonged and fragmented (Du Bois-Reymond and Chisholm, 2006). In most countries, the unemployment rate of young people is almost twice as high as the total unemployment rate.…”

Personal skills for optimal identity development: A person-centered approach in Italian late-adolescents.

“…However, in order to achieve identity, the contemporary world requires more flexible and more individualized personal skills from young people than in the past (Côté & Levine, 2002 , 2016 ; Schulenberg & Schoon, 2012 ). Indeed, the weakening of post-industrial societies in terms of welfare (Ranci, 2010) and the loss of traditional markers of passage in the transition to adulthood in particular and in the life span in general have produced a de-standardization of life trajectories (du Bois-Reymond & Chisholm, 2006 ). Thus, to define themselves, adolescents and late adolescents currently have to identify a personal life trajectory (du Bois-Reymond & Chisholm, 2006 ; Sica et al, 2014 ), cope with complex contextual factors (Côté et al, 2016 ) and be open to change in their life-plans and life conditions (Sica et al, 2016 ).…”

“…Indeed, the weakening of post-industrial societies in terms of welfare (Ranci, 2010) and the loss of traditional markers of passage in the transition to adulthood in particular and in the life span in general have produced a de-standardization of life trajectories (du Bois-Reymond & Chisholm, 2006 ). Thus, to define themselves, adolescents and late adolescents currently have to identify a personal life trajectory (du Bois-Reymond & Chisholm, 2006 ; Sica et al, 2014 ), cope with complex contextual factors (Côté et al, 2016 ) and be open to change in their life-plans and life conditions (Sica et al, 2016 ). In this scenario, helping young people to overcome identity confusion is an important aim for developmental psychologists and it requires the identification of resources to support optimal identity development in late adolescents.…”