Young, Free and Single?

Young, Free and Single?
Author: S. Heath
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2003-12-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230502873

In the context of the ongoing destandardization of young people's lives, this book explores changing patterns of household formation amongst contemporary 20-somethings and the implications of these changes for the ways in which they relate to friends, parents and partners. The book points to the growing polarization between the experiences of graduates and non-graduates, and highlights changing expectations and attitudes towards intimacy and 'settling down' amongst these groups.

Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood

Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood
Author: Andy Furlong
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2016-10-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317619897

The second and completely revised edition of the Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood draws on the work of leading academics from four continents in order to introduce up-to-date perspectives on a wide range of issues that affect and shape youth and young adulthood. It provides a multi-disciplinary overview of a dynamic field of study that offers unique insights on social change in advanced societies. It is aimed at researchers, policy-makers and advanced students on a global level. The Handbook introduces the main theoretical perspectives used within youth studies and sets out future research agendas. Each of the ten sections covers an important area of research – from education and the labour market to youth cultures, health and crime – discussing change and continuity in the lives of young people, introducing readers to some of the most important work in the field, while highlighting the underlying perspectives that have been used to understand the complexity of modern youth and young adulthood.

Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood

Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood
Author: Andy Furlong
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2009-06-02
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1134065353

The parameters within which young people live their lives have changed radically. Changes in education and the labour market have led to an increased complexity of the youth phase and to an overall protraction in dependency and transitions. Written by leading academics from several countries, this Handbook introduces up to date perspectives on a wide range of issues that affect and shape youth and young adulthood. It provides an authoritative and multi-disciplinary overview of a field of study that offers unique insight on social change in advanced societies and is aimed at academics, students, researchers and policy-makers. The Handbook introduces some of the key theoretical perspectives used within youth studies and sets out future research agendas. Each of the ten sections covers an important area of research – from education and the labour market to youth cultures, health and crime whilst discussing change and continuity in the lives of young people. This work introduces readers to some of the most important work in the field while highlighting the underlying perspectives that have been used to understand the complexity of modern youth and young adulthood.

House Sharing and Young Adults

House Sharing and Young Adults
Author: Vicky Clark
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2022-12-27
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1000825906

House Sharing and Young Adults offers unique insight into the dynamics of successful house sharing among young adults and questions some of the myths fostered by the negative stereotyping of housemates. Illustrated with research from interviews with young adults, it explores co-residence, interpersonal relationships and young people’s development. Beginning with an overview of the concept and history of house sharing among young adults, Clark and Tuffin’s volume also examines the reasons for the lack of research into the area up until recently. It explores key questions, including how young adults choose housemates, what makes a desirable housemate, avoiding complications, the psychological advantages of house sharing, how conflict arises, and the impact of house sharing on adult development. The authors challenge the stigma of shared domesticity, demonstrating the potential of house sharing to enhance well-being through companionship while acknowledging the potential pitfalls caused by tension in intimate settings. House Sharing and Young Adults will be essential reading for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of social psychology, developmental psychology, sociology and anthropology, as well as those interested in group dynamics, housing demographics and discrimination.

Young Blood Omnibus Volume One

Young Blood Omnibus Volume One
Author: Jorge V. Aruta
Publisher: Inquirer Books
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2020-10-23
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 971893538X

Since 1994, the ground-breaking Young Blood column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Opinion section, giving voice to the love and loss, the highs and lows, the victories and disappointments of Filipino twentysomethings and younger. It has become required reading for the youth and a rite of passage for the aspiring young writer. Since then, the best of the Young Blood essays has been collected in anthologies; the Young Blood books are now in its 7th incarnation. Now, the out-of-print first three volumes of that series, 1998’s The Best of Youngblood, 2000’s Youngblood 2.0 and 2006’s Youngblood3 have been collected exclusively in a single electronic volume with more than 800 pages. The essays in Young Blood Omnibus Volume One gather the experiences of young people in the Philippines but are also universal for young people anywhere in just how authentic, personal and well-written they are.

Sexuality and Gender at Home

Sexuality and Gender at Home
Author: Brent Pilkey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2020-05-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000189953

Sexuality and Gender at Home is the first book to explore the meanings and experiences of home through the framework of sexuality. Looking at a broad spectrum of sexuality, gender and domesticity, it examines the many ways in which home is constructed, performed and experienced in relation to sexuality and gender. Considering identity issues such as age, class, ethnicity and gender, the authors problematize intimacy and question conventional ways of thinking about allegedly ‘private’ home space. Comprehensive introductions to each of the book’s three sections – on Intimacy and Home, Queering Home, Beyond Home – provide a coherent overview of the existing literature as well as additional historical and cultural context. Fourteen chapters present ground-breaking research and insights into sexuality, gender and home across culture, time and space. Written by academics from a range of subject disciplines, chapters are based on research covering countries including Australia, France, Sweden, the UK, the USA, Guyana, Israel, and Singapore.This highly original text is the ideal starting point for anyone wishing to get to grips with the emerging field of sexuality, gender and home and will particularly appeal to researchers and students in anthropology, architecture, gender studies, sociology, and human geography.

Shared Housing, Shared Lives

Shared Housing, Shared Lives
Author: Sue Heath
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2017-10-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317202686

With a growing population, rising housing costs and housing providers struggling to meet demand for affordable accommodation, more and more people in the UK find themselves sharing their living spaces with people from outside of their families at some point in their lives. Focusing on sharers in a wide variety of contexts and at all stages of the life course, Shared Housing, Shared Lives demonstrates how personal relationships are the key to whether shared living arrangements falter or flourish. Indeed, this book demonstrates how issues such as finances, domestic space and daily routines are all factors which can impact upon personal relationships and wider understandings of the home and privacy. By directing attention towards people and relationships rather than bricks and mortar, Shared Housing, Shared Lives is essential reading for students and researchers in fields such as sociology, housing studies, social policy, cultural anthropology and demography, as well as for researchers and practitioners working in these areas

For the Sake of My Children

For the Sake of My Children
Author: Yvonne White
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2020-01-14
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1644927276

For the Sake of My Children is a book of poetry inspired by one woman's challenges with relationships and motherhood. The poems inside will bring readers from anger and fear toward feelings of wonder at the face of God as they contemplate the experiences of a woman motivated in all things to keep her children safe. Born in Jamaica, Yvonne was raised by her grandparents. She is a proud mother of six children. She went to the college of hard knocks called life. She has been knocked down several times, but for the sake of her children, she found herself asking God for wisdom to know that she would overcome. Yvonne started writing when she was abandoned by her first husband with their children while he rode off into the sunset and started another family. She completed a course in community development, then worked in several communities across Jamaica. In 1999, she was laid off. Faced with the fear of losing their home and splitting up her children, she went to court seeking the judge's assistance in getting child support; only to have a high-court judge tell her to send her children to the poorhouse. It was only by the grace of God that Yvonne did not lose her mind. She wants her children to know that people can be cruel, but she holds onto the hope that they will have a much brighter future. Her faith in God remains strong even after the death of her daughter, Jodi. She still sings songs of praise to God and shows her children what it is to believe through it all! Check out her daughter, Sarah, performing dramatic readings of her poetry on YouTube sarahclunis

Ask Graham

Ask Graham
Author: Graham Norton
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2011-10-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1843585014

Now in paperback, Graham's drily hilarious"Daily Telegraph" advice columns """"Remember that sleeping with friends is lazy and selfish: we don't cook our pets just because we're hungry and they're sitting right by the oven." Graham on troublesome relationships"""""Dogs and DIY are where relationships end up, not where they start." Graham on looking for love"""""Stay on the moral high groundit's much easier to swinga baseball bat from there." Graham on forgiving betrayal"Graham Norton is not only a hilarious and fearless television host, but a weekly agony uncle, advising readers of the "Telegraph" on a weekly basis. Here, his witty, entertaining, helpful responses are collected for everyoneto benefit from his words of wisdom.With a foreword by Graham and manyresponses updated since they first ran in the newspaper, this book of inimitable advice covers a range of subjects, including ungrateful spouses, errant partners, failing relationships, problems in the workplace, and social etiquette.Each perfectly-pitched response includes just the right mixture of sound advice, humor, and, occasionally, reprimand."