Youth, Risk, Routine: A New Perspective on Risk-Taking in Young Lives

Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: why study youth and risk?
	Introduction
	Youth and ‘problem behaviours’
	Youth and risk-taking
	Researching youth and risk-taking: a few analytical and ethical reflections
	Structure of the book
	References
2 Setting the scene: growing up in Denmark
	Introduction
	Education and employment
	Family life, economic well-being, and independence
	Social mobility
	Vulnerable groups and social support
	Summing up: growing up in Denmark
	References
3 Looking back: ‘risk’ in the sociology of youth
	Introduction
	Subcultural theories: deviance and moral panics
	New times, new risks: the risk society paradigm
	Governing young people: the ‘at risk’ concept as a technology of power
	Voluntary risk-taking and edgework: the positive aspects of risk
	Risk-taking and everyday life
	References
4 Looking ahead: towards a new framework for analysing youth risk-taking as practice
	Introduction
	What is practice theory?
	Temporality and the embodiment of practices
	Shifting focus from the individual to the social
	Summing up: making practice theory work for analysing young people’s risk-taking practices
	Note
	References
5 Being young: risk-taking practices and youth culture
	Introduction
	Being young
	The fun and routine of partying
	Cannabis and partying practices
	Hanging out with friends
	Risk-taking practices as subcultural practices?
	Summing up: risk-taking practices and youth culture
	References
6 Coordinating practices: risk-taking and everyday life
	Introduction
	Balancing practices in everyday life
	Integrating risk practices with everyday life practices
	Risk practices disrupting everyday life practices
	A ‘new normal’: when risk-taking practices become everyday life practices
	Breaking with the everyday
	Summing up: situating risk practices in everyday life
	Note
	References
7 Embodying risk-taking: risk, embodiment, and gender
	Introduction
	Learning practices of risk and gender
	Embodying experiences of ‘too much’
	Breaking with embodied practices
	Summing up: risk, gender, and embodiment
	References
8 Contextualising risk: risk-taking, youth transitions, and processes of social marginalisation
	Introduction
	Fragile transitions: Frank’s case
	Family ‘transmissions’ of risk-taking practices
	Adopting practices
	Counter-productive parenting practices?
	Risk-taking as a practice of place
	Summing up: risk-taking practices and transition practices
	References
9 Conclusion: routines of risk in young lives
	Introduction
	Routinisation
	Coordination
	Embodiment
	Social context
	Temporality
	A turn to practice: practical implications
	References
Appendix
	Study 1: ‘Investigating risk cultures among Danish youth’ (Signe Ravn)
	Study 2: ‘Investigating the role of risk- taking in vulnerable young people’s pathways to early adulthood’ ...
	Ethical considerations across the two studies
	References
Index