Reimagining Intervention in Young Lives: Work, Social Assistance, and Marginaliz

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Reimagining Intervention in Young Lives by Karen R. Foster, Dale C. Spencer Documents the experience of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and intervention, and their effects on young peoples lives and social networks. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Poverty and unemployment are on the rise among Canadian youth.Clearly something needs to change, but current social-assistance modelsare based on problematic assumptions about the lives and possibletrajectories of "risky" young people.Reimagining Intervention in Young Lives explores thedifficulties many marginalized young people encounter with the"support system" available to them, as well as the socialforces that push them to the margins in the first place. Drawn frominterviews with forty-five patrons of a youth drop-in centre, thisimportant work resituates the nexus of the problem from theidentification of individual "risk factors" to therecognition of the contradictions and barriers contained in the verysocial-aid structures that are meant to bring their target populationsback in to the fold of "normal" society.Intervention is indeed necessary, but more to challenge theprevailing structures that incorrectly presume how youth themselvesinterpret risk, poverty, and, most important of all, their ownpotential. Flap Poverty and unemployment are on the rise among Canadian youth. Reimagining Intervention in Young Lives looks at the issuefrom the perspective of those most affected, revealing the difficultiesyoung people encounter with the "support system." In-depthinterviews with forty-five young people in Ottawa reveal that solutionsdo exist, predicated on recognition that the problem lies not withincorrigible youth, but with a social-aid structure that imposesbarriers to success. Intervention is necessary, argue the authors,but not so much in the lives of young people as in the faultystructures that incorrectly presume how they interpret risk, poverty,and their own potential. Author Biography Karen R. Foster is Banting Post-Doctoral Fellow inthe Management Department of the Sobey School of Business at SaintMarys University, Halifax. Dale C. Spencer is anassistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University ofManitoba. Table of Contents Introduction1 Seeing Youth and Young People2 Youth in the Sociology of Work, Work in the Sociology of Youth3 Getting to Work4 Being at Work5 Young People, Neoliberalism, and Social Assistance6 Abjection and Poverty7 Everyday LifeConclusionAppendix 1: Demographic ProfilesAppendix 2: Interview GuideAppendix 3: Overview of Ontario WorksNotes; Works Cited; Index Review This is a significant piece of work on the marginalization of youth ... It is not only a fine example of interview-based qualitative analysis but also an exemplar of communicating research in a clear, defensible -- and socially relevant -- way. This subject is of the utmost importance, especially in a modern context in which the welfare and rights of young people are more and more in question and in which marginalization and privation are becoming greater social stigmas. - Bernard Schissel, Professor and Program Head, Doctor of Social Sciences Program, Royal Roads University Promotional Instead of asking whats wrong with young people on socialassistance, this book asks, whats wrong with societysnormative presumptions about "at-risk" youth? Long Description Poverty and unemployment are on the rise among Canadian youth.Clearly something needs to change, but current social-assistance modelsare based on problematic assumptions about the lives and possibletrajectories of "risky" young people. Reimagining Intervention in Young Lives explores thedifficulties many marginalized young people encounter with the"support system" available to them, as well as the socialforces that push them to the margins in the first place. Drawn frominterviews with forty-five patrons of a youth drop-in centre, thisimportant work resituates the nexus of the problem from theidentification of individual "risk factors" to therecognition of the contradictions and barriers contained in the verysocial-aid structures that are meant to bring their target populationsback in to the fold of "normal" society. Intervention is indeed necessary, but more to challenge theprevailing structures that incorrectly presume how youth themselvesinterpret risk, poverty, and, most important of all, their ownpotential. Review Quote This is a significant piece of work on the marginalization of youth ... It is not only a fine example of interview-based qualitative analysis but also an exemplar of communicating research in a clear, defensible -- and socially relevant -- way. This subject is of the utmost importance, especially in a modern context in which the welfare and rights of young people are more and more in question and in which marginalization and privation are becoming greater social stigmas. - Bernard Schissel, Professor and Program Head, Doctor of Social Sciences Program, Royal Roads University Promotional "Headline" Instead of asking whats wrong with young people on socialassistance, this book asks, whats wrong with societysnormative presumptions about "at-risk" youth? Description for Reader Poverty and unemployment are on the rise among Canadian youth.Clearly something needs to change, but current social-assistance modelsare based on harmful assumptions about the value of interventionistapproaches with "high-risk" young people. Reimagining Intervention in Young Lives explores thedifficulties many young people encounter with the "supportsystem" available to them. Drawn from interviews with forty-fiveyouth, this important work resituates the nexus of the problem from thepresumption of incorrigible youth to the recognition that the existingsocial-aid structures make it almost impossible for poor and homelessyouths, no matter how hard they try, to surmount adversity. Intervention is indeed necessary, but more to challenge theprevailing structures that incorrectly presume how youth themselvesinterpret risk, poverty, and, most important of all, their ownpotential. Description for Teachers/Educators Reimagining Intervention in Young Lives is mandatory readingfor students and scholars of youth studies, sociology, and politicalscience, and for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of youth povertyand unemployment. Details ISBN0774823313 Author Dale C. Spencer Short Title REIMAGINING INTERVENTION IN YO Language English ISBN-10 0774823313 ISBN-13 9780774823319 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Subtitle Work, Social Assistance, and Marginalization UK Release Date 2013-01-01 Imprint University of British Columbia Press Place of Publication Vancouver Country of Publication Canada Pages 196 Publisher University of British Columbia Press Publication Date 2013-01-01 DEWEY 362.70971 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161752418;

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