Young and Lonely

The Social Conditions of Loneliness
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5534-2
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Batsleer, Janet

Duggan, James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Duggan, James
James Duggan is a Research Fellow in Childhood, Youth and Education studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Batsleer, Janet
Janet Batsleer is a Reader in Youth and Community at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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.