Norbert Elias's lost research : revisiting the young worker project /

Norbert Elias's lost research : revisiting the young worker project /

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Based on the re-discovery of a lost sociological project led by Norbert Elias at the University of Leicester, this book re-visits the project: The Adjustment of Young Workers to Work Situations and Adult Roles. Norbert Elias's Lost Research makes use of the interview booklets documenting the li...

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Main Author: Goodwin, John, 1970-
Other Authors: O'Connor, Henrietta
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2016
Series:Rethinking classical sociology
Subjects:
Elias, Norbert, > 1897-1990
Dropouts > Employment > Great Britain > Longitudinal studies
Dropouts > Great Britain > Social conditions > Longitudinal studies
Sociology > Research > Great Britain
Working class > Great Britain > Longitudinal studies
Youth > Employment > Great Britain > Longitudinal studies
Jeunesse > Travail > Grande-Bretagne > Études longitudinales
Dropouts > Employment
Dropouts > Social conditions
Sociology > Research
Working class
Youth > Employment
Great Britain
Longitudinal studies
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The 'young worker project' : context and controversies
  • 2. Researching the adjustment of young workers to work situations and adult roles : conceptual framework and 1960s fieldwork
  • 3. Researcher representations of the young workers
  • 4. Complex transitions in 1960s labour markets
  • 5. Gendered transitions
  • 6. Youth culture and leisure in the 1960s
  • 7. Whatever happened to the young workers?
  • 8. The case of 10 women from Leicester : subsequent careers

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