Youth Crisis: Growing Up in the High-Risk Society

by Nanette J. Davis

Book Overview

What is the social condition of youth in modern society? This is the question taken up by this passionate and substantive book. The author argues that youth are at a crisis state. The crisis has been brought about by the general state of social crisis; violence, questions of political legitimacy, educational decline; as well as the decline of compassion as a core principle of culture. The author draws on a variety of trends and scholarly research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275964434
• ISBN13: 9780275964436
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"