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Young People Making a Life

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  • © 2009

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  1. Ani Wierenga

    1. The University of Melbourne, Australia

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 1-5

  3. Growing Up: Global, Local, Rural

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 6-25

  4. Making a Life in Myrtle Vale

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 26-48

  5. Storying: Towards an Interpretive Framework

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 49-67

  6. Negotiating Changes

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 68-93

  7. Practices of Engagement

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 94-122

  8. Resources

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 123-142

  9. Resource Flows

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 143-173

  10. Familiar Patterns and Transformations

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 174-186

  11. Implications and Interventions

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 187-198

  12. Research and Theory as Grounded Social Practice

    • Ani Wierenga
    Pages 199-223

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 224-243
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About this book

This book explores the challenge of making a life: finding meaning, livelihood and social connectedness. Drawing on research with young people, the analysis goes beyond traditional treatment of youth issues or 'problems', providing discussion of topics like young people's learning and work, their creativity, wellbeing and active citizenship.

Reviews

'...this book reflects Wierenga's deep commitment to the young people with whom she forged contact as a practitioner in the early 1990s. In the middle of the decade, as she puts it, she withdrew from youth work to do some thinking and some listening. That is what she has been doing ever since and this powerful book is a result.' - Howard Williamson, Youth Work Now

'This book is both fascinating and satisfying to read.' - Youth Studies Australia

'...unique in providing a longitudinal, qualitative study that combines rich ethnography with interesting analyses and theory development of the subjectivity of her respondents.' - Canadian Journal of Sociology

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Melbourne, Australia

    Ani Wierenga

About the author

ANI WIERENGA is a Research Fellow at the Australian Youth Research Centre, the University of Melbourne, Australia. As a youth-worker and sociologist, she is interested in understanding the social conditions which support young lives in a time of rapid social change, in strengthening connections between young people and their communities, and exploring the power of story.

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