1st Edition
Youth in Transition The Sociology of Youth and Youth Policy
1. Introduction: Youth in Transition, Claire Wallace and Malcolm Cross
2. Surrogate Employment, Surrogate Labour Markets and the Development of Training Policies in the Eighties, David J. Lee
3. From New Vocationalism to the Culture of Enterprise, Bob Coles and Robert F. MacDonald
4. The Transition from YTS to Work: Content, Context and the External Labour Market, David Raffe
5. Trainers and Tutors in the YTS Environment, Ken Parsons
6. Interpreting Vocationalism: Youth Training and Managerial Practices, Joan Chandler
7. A Decade of Decline: Social Class and Post-School Destination of Minimum-Age School-Leavers in Scotland 1977-1987, Andy Furlong
8. Class, Gender Divisions Among Young Adults at Leisure, Ken Roberts, Rosemary Campbell and Andy Furlong
9. Creating Poverty and Creating Crime: Australian Youth Policy in the Eighties, Mike Presdee
10. Youth Homelessness in Wales, Mark Liddiard and Susan Hutson
References
Notes on Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Biography
Claire Wallace is a lecturer in Applied Social Science at Lancaster University, having previously worked' at Polytechnic South West. Her previous publications include For Richer, For Poorer (Tavistock, 1987) and An Introduction to Sociology — Feminist Perspective (with P. Abbott) (Routledge, 1990). She is currently researching into young people in the South West as part of the 16-19 Initiative. Malcolm Cross is Principal Research Fellow at the centre for Research in Ethnic Relations. He has published a number of articles on youth and youth training and he has edited Black Youth Futures (1987). He has recently completed a study funded by the Department of Employment on the Careers Service and entry to the labour market (with John Wrench).
