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Rethinking the 'problem of youth': Refocusing on the social and its interrelationship with dominant power structures

Cooper, Charlie

Authors

Charlie Cooper



Abstract

What follows challenges the dominant discourses shaping contemporary social policy responses to the 'problem of youth', arguing that these accounts fail to acknowledge structurally-determined social contexts (beyond the control of individuals, families and 'communities') within which social inter-actions (and their related tensions) are played out. At the same time, it is contended that these discourses are serving to divert attention away from possibilities of more imaginative social policy interventions, leading instead to the intensification of the 'criminalisation of social policy' and increasing harms for disadvantaged young people.

Citation

Cooper, C. (2009). Rethinking the 'problem of youth': Refocusing on the social and its interrelationship with dominant power structures. Youth and Policy, 103, 81-92

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 1, 2009
Publication Date 2009
Deposit Date Nov 13, 2014
Journal Youth & Policy
Print ISSN 0262-9798
Publisher Youth and Policy
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 103
Pages 81-92
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/463110
Publisher URL http://www.youthandpolicy.org/y-and-p-archive/issue-103/