C Mcpherson
Biographic Data
| ID | 49666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Mcpherson |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcpherson |
| SIGNATURE | MCPHERSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2337-8132 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“I don’t know if I’d call it support?”
This article investigates the multifaceted nature of social support in the context of young people who are either precariously employed or classified as NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) in the United Kingdom and Australia. Drawing on qualitative data from two distinct longitudinal studies conducted in England, Scotland, and Australia, this article critically examines the role of social support in shaping future educational and emp…
Haunted Aspirations and Youth Transitions in the Contemporary Context
Contemporary generations of youth are undertaking their “transitions” to adulthood in a period marked by considerable temporal precarity and anxiety. A range of intersecting socio-structural changes and crises have not only made it more difficult for contemporary young people to achieve historically conventional markers of adulthood but have also undermined the previously taken-for-granted sense of continuity between the present and future. Youth…
Considering the past, present and future
Young people's emergent position in the life-course means that they are widely perceived to embody the future, with their 'successes' and 'failures' in youth considered important portents of the future viability, prosperity, and moral character of wider society. In many regards, this futurist lens is reflected in research within youth studies, including in the extensive youth transitions literature and in temporal and relational streams of resear…
Creating more equitable school-to-work transitions for young people not taking the university route
This article proposes and illustrates a framework for thinking about how the school-to-work transitions of young people not intending to go to university can be made more equitable. This framework seeks to enrich sociological readings of VET by building on the considerable strengths of existing research on ecologies of VET provision and the life-worlds of young people navigating transitions, and bringing them together with concerns about the theo…
Bridging brains
Ingrained gendered discourses about women’s abilities and skills impact on their participation in leisure and sport. This paper argues that gendered stereotyping extends to the serious leisure context of mindsport in the form of neurosexism. The card game bridge is played by a roughly equal proportion of men and women but at elite-level male players significantly outperform female players worldwide. Based on 52 semi-structured interviews, the pap…
Young and hungry in the United Kingdom
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, food insecurity was rising steadily and attracting growing concern across the UK. Young people are disproportionately more exposed to food insecurity because of their higher risks of poverty, destitution and homelessness, and because of discriminations in the labour market and social security system. Despite this, very little is known about youth food insecurity in the UK, where the assumption tha…
Between the Rhetoric of Employability and the Reality of Youth (Under)Employment
In the UK and Scotland, considerable resources have been devoted to tackling the persistent issue of young people who are, or are at risk of becoming, not in education, employment or training (NEET), a pathologized status that incurs significant penalties for young people and the economy. Using critical discourse analysis, this paper analyses and evaluates policy rhetoric to explore how the NEET ‘problem’, agenda and population are constituted by…
It’s just so much better than school’
Extensive research has shown that working-class young people often struggle in school. There has been a lack of research that explores young people’s institutional experiences of education and support outside of the school context, however. This paper presents some of the findings from a qualitative study with 10 young people in Scotland, which addresses this gap by exploring young people’s experiences of support and education beyond the school g…
It’s just so much better than school’
Extensive research has shown that working-class young people often struggle in school. There has been a lack of research that explores young people’s institutional experiences of education and support outside of the school context, however. This paper presents some of the findings from a qualitative study with 10 young people in Scotland, which addresses this gap by exploring young people’s experiences of support and education beyond the school g…
Considering the past, present and future
Young people's emergent position in the life-course means that they are widely perceived to embody the future, with their 'successes' and 'failures' in youth considered important portents of the future viability, prosperity, and moral character of wider society. In many regards, this futurist lens is reflected in research within youth studies, including in the extensive youth transitions literature and in temporal and relational streams of resear…
It’s just so much better than school’
Extensive research has shown that working-class young people often struggle in school. There has been a lack of research that explores young people’s institutional experiences of education and support outside of the school context, however. This paper presents some of the findings from a qualitative study with 10 young people in Scotland, which addresses this gap by exploring young people’s experiences of support and education beyond the school g…
Between the Rhetoric of Employability and the Reality of Youth (Under)Employment
In the UK and Scotland, considerable resources have been devoted to tackling the persistent issue of young people who are, or are at risk of becoming, not in education, employment or training (NEET), a pathologized status that incurs significant penalties for young people and the economy. Using critical discourse analysis, this paper analyses and evaluates policy rhetoric to explore how the NEET ‘problem’, agenda and population are constituted by…
Young and hungry in the United Kingdom
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, food insecurity was rising steadily and attracting growing concern across the UK. Young people are disproportionately more exposed to food insecurity because of their higher risks of poverty, destitution and homelessness, and because of discriminations in the labour market and social security system. Despite this, very little is known about youth food insecurity in the UK, where the assumption tha…
Bridging brains
Ingrained gendered discourses about women’s abilities and skills impact on their participation in leisure and sport. This paper argues that gendered stereotyping extends to the serious leisure context of mindsport in the form of neurosexism. The card game bridge is played by a roughly equal proportion of men and women but at elite-level male players significantly outperform female players worldwide. Based on 52 semi-structured interviews, the pap…
Considering the past, present and future
Young people's emergent position in the life-course means that they are widely perceived to embody the future, with their 'successes' and 'failures' in youth considered important portents of the future viability, prosperity, and moral character of wider society. In many regards, this futurist lens is reflected in research within youth studies, including in the extensive youth transitions literature and in temporal and relational streams of resear…
Creating more equitable school-to-work transitions for young people not taking the university route
This article proposes and illustrates a framework for thinking about how the school-to-work transitions of young people not intending to go to university can be made more equitable. This framework seeks to enrich sociological readings of VET by building on the considerable strengths of existing research on ecologies of VET provision and the life-worlds of young people navigating transitions, and bringing them together with concerns about the theo…
Haunted Aspirations and Youth Transitions in the Contemporary Context
Contemporary generations of youth are undertaking their “transitions” to adulthood in a period marked by considerable temporal precarity and anxiety. A range of intersecting socio-structural changes and crises have not only made it more difficult for contemporary young people to achieve historically conventional markers of adulthood but have also undermined the previously taken-for-granted sense of continuity between the present and future. Youth…
“I don’t know if I’d call it support?”
This article investigates the multifaceted nature of social support in the context of young people who are either precariously employed or classified as NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) in the United Kingdom and Australia. Drawing on qualitative data from two distinct longitudinal studies conducted in England, Scotland, and Australia, this article critically examines the role of social support in shaping future educational and emp…
Sociology (7 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Education Systems and Policy (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works)