Contemporary German Youth and Their Elders: A Generational
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Watts, Meredith W. / Fischer, Arthur / Fuchs, Werner, PUBLISHER: Praeger, Systematic research on ong>theong> changing experience and social and political characteristics of German youth has been carried out in ong>theong> Federal Republic of Germany on an ongoing basis since ong>theong> early s. Until now, however, ong>theong> results of ong>theong>se long-term studies have not been made available in English. Six volumes of this research--including new analyses prepared especially ong>forong> this book--are distilled in ong>theong> ong>presentong> work, which offers a comprehensive and focused portrait of German youth of succeeding postwar generations from to ong>theong> ong>presentong>. Following an introductory survey of ong>theong> scope and ong>theong>mes addressed in ong>theong> study, ong>theong> authors highlight ong>theong> contrasting experiences of youth of ong>theong> s and those who came of age soon after ong>theong> end of World War II. ong>Theong>y examine ong>theong> fundamental constituents of youth as a developmental period, with particular reference to changes in ong>theong> recent era. Attitudinal scales are developed and applied to assessments of variations in social and political orientation among generations and between distinct subgroups of ong>contemporaryong> youth. Differences between young women in ong>theong> early postwar period and ong>theong> "alternative era" of ong>theong> s and s are explored. Focusing on "views of ong>theong> future," ong>theong> final chapter looks at ong>theong> diversity of lifestyles that has become characteristic of youth over ong>theong> last decade and at ong>theong> increasing differentiation between generations. Providng a wealth of new material on an important body of research, this book makes a substantial contribution to ong>theong> study of youth in advanced industrialized nations. An appropriate resource ong>forong> courses or studies in various disciplines in sociology, geography, political science, and socialhistory.