Youth Development in Identity Societies: Paradoxes of Purpose

by James E Cote, James E. Côté, James E Cote

Book Overview

This book explores the causes and consequences of the contradictions in young people's lives stemming from the affluence-purpose paradox: a lack of purpose-in-life among many of those living in the most affluent societies in human history. This paradox is endemic to identity societies where people experience a choice-contingent life course, and is examined using an interdisciplinary approach-largely with an integration of developmental psychology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138353310
• ISBN13: 9781138353312
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"