Youth Cultures in a Globalized World
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This book examines the relation between the phenomenon of globalization, changes in the lifeworld of young people and the development of specific youth cultures. It explores the social, political, economic and cultural impact of globalization on young people. Growing diversity in their lifeworlds, technological development, migration and the ubiquity of digital communication and representation of the world open up new forms of self-representation, networking and political expression, which are described and discussed in the book. Other topics are the impact of globalization on work and…mehr

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This book examines the relation between the phenomenon of globalization, changes in the lifeworld of young people and the development of specific youth cultures. It explores the social, political, economic and cultural impact of globalization on young people. Growing diversity in their lifeworlds, technological development, migration and the ubiquity of digital communication and representation of the world open up new forms of self-representation, networking and political expression, which are described and discussed in the book. Other topics are the impact of globalization on work and economy, global environmental issues such as climate change, political movements which put "nationalism first", change of youth`s values and the significance of body, gender and beauty. The book highlights the challenges of young people in modern life, as well as the way in which they express themselves and engage in society - in culture, politics, work and social life.
Autorenporträt
Ao. Univ. Prof. i.R. Mag. Dr. Gerald Knapp, Institute of Educational Science and Research (IFEB), Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt, he was the founder and head of department for Social Pedagogy and Former President of the Carinthian network against poverty and exclusion. His research focuses on international youth and youth culture, poverty and inequality research and critical social pedagogy studies. Ao. Univ. Prof. MMag. Dr. Hannes Krall is working at the Institute of Educational Sciences and Research (IfEB), Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt. His research focuses on violence and trauma of children and young people, counselling, psychotherapy and supervision. He is Trainer for supervision at the Austrian Society of Groupdynamics and Grouptherapy (ÖAGG) and Lecturer for psychodrama at the University of Innsbruck and the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. He is Chair of the FEPTO Research Committee and receiver of an "Excellence Award".