On the Frontier of Adulthood : Theory, Research, and Public Policy

ISBN 10: 0226748898 / ISBN 13: 9780226748894

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2005

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On the Frontier of Adulthood reveals a startling new fact: adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends. A lengthy period before adulthood, often spanning the twenties and even extending into the thirties, is now devoted to further education, job exploration, experimentation in romantic relationships, and personal development. Pathways into and through adulthood have become much less linear and predictable, and these changes carry tremendous social and cultural significance, especially as institutions and policies aimed at supporting young adults have not kept pace with these changes.

This volume considers the nature and consequences of changes in early adulthood by drawing upon a wide variety of historical and contemporary data from the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. Especially dramatic shifts have occurred in the conventional markers of adulthood--leaving home, finishing school, getting a job, getting married, and having children--and in how these experiences are configured as a set. These accounts reveal how the process of becoming an adult has changed over the past century, the challenges faced by young people today, and what societies can do to smooth the transition to adulthood.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Richard A. Settersten Jr. is professor of sociology at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of Lives in Time and Place: The Problems and Promises of Developmental Science. Frank F. Furstenberg Jr. is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is author or coauthor of several previous books including Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success. Rubén G. Rumbaut is professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author or coauthor of several previous books including Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America.

Richard A. Settersten Jr. is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University. He is the author ofLives in Time and Place: The Problems and Promises of Developmental Science.Frank F. Furstenberg Jr. is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is coauthor ofManaging to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success.Rubén G. Rumbaut is professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine. He is coauthor ofImmigrant America: A Portrait and Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation.

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Titel: On the Frontier of Adulthood : Theory, ...
Verlag: University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fine