Author : W. Mitchell
Release : 2004-01-01
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 245/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Young People, Risk and Leisure by : W. Mitchell
Download or read book Young People, Risk and Leisure written by W. Mitchell. This book was released on 2004-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social theorists have claimed that modern life is increasingly risky and uncertain and is profoundly effecting experiences of everyday-life and our sense of self. Drawing upon empirical and theoretical work of young people's risk-taking and leisure, this book examines such claims in detail. Indeed, young people interviewed tell their own stories of balancing the pleasures and anxieties of such everyday risks as drug-taking, prostitution, gang-life, aggressive driving, drinking and sex.