Research Catalog

Title

Young people, leisure and place : cross cultural perspectives / Margaret Robertson, Michael Williams (editors).

Publication

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2004.

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Additional Authors

• Robertson, Margaret, 1948-
• Williams, Michael.
• Williams, Michael, 1938 June 4-

Description

241 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

Young People, Leisure and Place reports on cross-cultural research into the personal geographies of young people. It explores young people's leisure and recreational pursuits, including favourite places, and.offers a tentative theory of adolescent thinking and development. The major themes explored are the impact of globalisation on young people, their reference systems and their use of private and public spaces. Evidence is presented of global, national and local dimensions of growing up in different countries in a post-modern world. The book contributes to a better understanding of issues of contemporary citizenship in a globalised world where the commodification of knowledge blurs boundaries and values. Effective citizenship in a world of time-space compression and instant access to diverse sources of information is problematic. This book provides a fascinating insight into the discerning values of young people. As they reveal their hopes and dreams within the knowledge society, the young people involved in this cross-cultural enquiry also highlight their conservatism and the traditional core values associated with their homes and families.

Subject

• Youth > Cross-cultural studies
• Leisure > Cross-cultural studies

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Margaret Robertson and Michael Williams -- Born in 1990 / Margaret Robertson -- Self, "home" and growing-up / Margaret Robertson. -- The local community : is it important anymore? / Margaret Robertson -- A British perspective on youth culture and education / Michael Williams -- School, place and life chances : what makes the "difference?" / Margaret Robertson, Rex Walford and Alison Fox -- Urban boys' perceptions and experiences of private and public space / Mark Aspel and Ashley Kent -- Ethnicity, school, identity : a study in intercultural learning / Margaret Robertson -- Young people in Finland today / Hannele Rikkinen and Taina Kaivola -- Recreation, free-time activities and space-related experiences of Finnish young people / Taina Kaivola and Hannele Rikkinen -- Growing up in the age of popular culture : the role of media education in shaping civic identity / Chi Kim Cheung -- Youth, home and leisure study : a Hong Kong perspective / John Chi-Kin Lee -- Aussie kids : still sun-bronzed, outdoors and carefree? / Rod Gerber -- Place and identity : evidence from Tasmanian schools / Margaret Robertson and Joan Abbott-Chapman -- Choosing to stay connected : youth, leisure and risk in socio-spatial contexts / Joan Abbott-Chapman -- Through the eyes of Namibian teenagers / Ursula Van Harmelen -- Leisure, school and human excellence : Thailand case study / Margaret Taplin -- National identity : political socialisation and youth / Michael Williams -- Final comments / Margaret Robertson.

ISBN

1594540292 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2004008373

OCLC

54966199

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library