
Young and Lonely
The Social Conditions of Loneliness
Policy Press
1st Edition
Published on 9. November 2020
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-4473-5534-2 (ISBN)
Description
Anchored in accounts of young people's personal experiences of loneliness, this book addresses important questions about tackling today's epidemic of loneliness among young people.
It explores experiences of loneliness in early life, how it is navigated when first encountered and considers how social conditions of poverty, precarity, inequality and competitive pressures to succeed can dramatically influence these feelings.
Presenting diverse and nuanced social accounts of loneliness, the authors explore ways to harness the creative and positive potential of loneliness and provide evidence-based recommendations for policy makers, practitioners and young people to help tackle the crisis.
It explores experiences of loneliness in early life, how it is navigated when first encountered and considers how social conditions of poverty, precarity, inequality and competitive pressures to succeed can dramatically influence these feelings.
Presenting diverse and nuanced social accounts of loneliness, the authors explore ways to harness the creative and positive potential of loneliness and provide evidence-based recommendations for policy makers, practitioners and young people to help tackle the crisis.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-5534-2 (9781447355342)
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Persons
Janet Batsleer is a Reader in Youth and Community at Manchester Metropolitan University.
James Duggan is a Research Fellow in Childhood, Youth and Education studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.
James Duggan is a Research Fellow in Childhood, Youth and Education studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Author
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Content
Animate, attune, amplify
Finding oneself a loneliness agenda
I'm new here: creating a new research project and a young person led research agenda
PART I: The social conditions of loneliness
Loneliness and poverty
Being an outsider
The education system, aspiration and loneliness
PART II: The experience of loneliness
Transitions
Loss, grief and loneliness
Being left out
Online spaces and connection
PART III: Building friendship and connection
Asking for help and offering connection
Youth work as a method
Creativity and solidarity as method: the example of Missing and other stories
New ways for thinking and feeling loneliness
Finding oneself a loneliness agenda
I'm new here: creating a new research project and a young person led research agenda
PART I: The social conditions of loneliness
Loneliness and poverty
Being an outsider
The education system, aspiration and loneliness
PART II: The experience of loneliness
Transitions
Loss, grief and loneliness
Being left out
Online spaces and connection
PART III: Building friendship and connection
Asking for help and offering connection
Youth work as a method
Creativity and solidarity as method: the example of Missing and other stories
New ways for thinking and feeling loneliness