Leisure lives on the margins: (re)imagining youth in Glasgow’s East End

Compared to previous generations, young people today have increased resources to engage in leisure, as well as a greater range of activities from which to choose. Changing patterns of education and employment may have extended the period during which young people are dependent on their family and th...

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Hauptverfasser: Susan Batchelor, Lisa Whittaker, Alistair Fraser, Leona Li Ngai Ling
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Zusammenfassung:Compared to previous generations, young people today have increased resources to engage in leisure, as well as a greater range of activities from which to choose. Changing patterns of education and employment may have extended the period during which young people are dependent on their family and the state, but they have also increased the period in which young people are able to prioritise their social interests and have comparatively high levels of discretionary spending (Roberts, 2014). As a result, some sociologists have argued that the relationship between youth leisure and ‘old’ social divisions, such as class and place, have
DOI:10.2307/j.ctt1t895kx.13