Transitions, local culture and human dignity
Rural young men in a changing world
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2399082 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ani Wierenga (The University of Melbourne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 371-387 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1440783311420791 |
| OpenAlex | W2064999068 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 21 |
Rural towns are made up of people who want to be here, people who need to be here and people who want to get out. This article focuses on the narratives of working-class young men who want to stay in their home town. For these individuals, rapid social change is presenting one complex series of challenges, while contemporary social policies are presenting yet another. I argue that entrenched ways of thinking about social problems are compounded by 'silos' within research traditions. In the context of this study, when research enquiries about young people's transitions are informed by their narratives about identity, their explanations of cultural practices and resources and an understanding of the role of cultures of trust, shifts in understanding become possible. Acknowledging the ways in which these distinct areas of study are integrally related brings new sociological insights, methodological possibilities, alongside implications for policy and practice
Aesthetics · Context (archaeology) · Dignity · Environmental ethics · Identity (music) · Narrative · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Rural development and sustainability · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Hefted
Students’ narratives of the future
Between Mobility and Belonging
The meaning of maintaining a life philosophy of simplicity for life pleasure
She started to get pretty concerned’
Belonging, identity and place
Survival narratives
To educate you to be smart’
Not settlement but movement
A New Type of (White) Provider
Transitions to adulthood
Class, codes and control
Narrative and the Self as Relationship
Knowledge, Education, and Cultural Change
Distinction
Distinction
Outline of a Theory of Practice
The Making of a Generation
A New Youth
Young People Making a Life
Youth, Education and Risk
Raising educational attainment
Inventing Adulthoods
Resources and (in(ter))dependence
Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture
Sources of the self
The Interpretation of Cultures
Reproduction in education, society, and culture
A New Youth? Young People, Generations and Family Life
Growing Up in Poor Neighbourhoods
Father-to-Son Mobility
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |