Youth and Society, 4th Edition

The fourth edition of Youth and Society remains the most comprehensive and accessible textbook on the sociology of youth. Led by an expert author team, the text takes a holistic approach to the concept of youth, providing an engaging and authoritative overview of the key debates, research and theories of youth and society in Australia. Each chapter has been revised to reflect the issues confronting youth, youth researchers and policy-makers today.NEW TO THIS EDITIONNew co-author Brady Robards brings an expertise in the sociology of youth, and sociological and cultural analyses of digital society, particularly in the of role digital social media in mediating the social and cultural lives of their users.New chapters: ‘Chemical Cultures’ and ‘Young People and Politics’.

Rob White is a Professor of Criminology at the School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania. Johanna Wyn is a Professor and the Director of the Youth Research Centre at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne. Brady Robards is a Lecturer in Sociology at the School of Social Sciences, Monash University.

The fourth edition of Youth and Society remains the most comprehensive and accessible textbook on the sociology of youth. Led by an expert author team, the text takes a holistic approach to the concept of youth, providing an engaging and authoritative overview of the key debates, research and theories of youth and society in Australia. Each chapter has been revised to reflect the issues confronting youth, youth researchers and policy-makers today.NEW TO THIS EDITIONNew co-author Brady Robards brings an expertise in the sociology of youth, and sociological and cultural analyses of digital society, particularly in the of role digital social media in mediating the social and cultural lives of their users.New chapters: 'Chemical Cultures' and 'Young People and Politics'.

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