Coming of Age in Times of UncertaintyBerghahn Books, 01.12.2007 - 160 Seiten Adulthood is taken for granted. It connotes the end of childhood, the resolution to the “storm and stress” period of adolescence. This conception is strongly entrenched in the sociology of youth and the sociology of the life course as well as in the policy arena. At the same time, adulthood itself remains unarticulated; journey’s end remains conceptually fixed and theoretically uncontested. Adulthood, then, is both central to the social imagination and neglected as an area of sociological investigation, something that has been noted by sociologists over the last four decades. Going beyond the overwhelmingly psychological literature, this book draws on original qualitative research and theories of social recognition and thus presents a first step towards filling an important gap in our understanding of the meaning of adulthood. |
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... ideal across the life course, and I connect this with dynamics of social recognition that are specific to advanced capitalist societies. This study is an exploration of the redefinition of social norms. At the same time it is a study in ...
... ideal and reality. Following Lee (2001), I call this synthetic construct “standard adulthood.” After the Second World War the industrialized economies experienced unprecedented affluence and stability. The period from about 1945 to the ...
... ideal. It is during this time that early marriage and family formation came to be lived experience for many adults.2 Add to this the opportunities provided by the labor market, and a picture emerges that one commentator draws with ...
... ideal. Classic Markers of Adulthood The achievement of adult status has to do with “sets of practical accomplishments, and repertoires of behaviour” (Pilcher 1995: 86). This is particularly necessary in modern societies due to the ...
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Adulthood Individualization and the Life Course | 28 |
Adulthood and Social Recognition | 51 |
From Adulthood as a Goal to Youth as a Value | 66 |
New Adult Voices i | 83 |
6 | 98 |
7 | 112 |
Bibliography | 125 |