This book provides a thought provoking and comprehensive account of teenagers' perceptions and experiences of the physical and symbolic divisions that exist in 'post conflict' Belfast. By examining the micro-geographies of young people from segregated areas and drawing attention to the social practices, discourses and networks that directly or indirectly shape how teenagers make sense of and negotiate life in Belfast, the book provides a timely response to the neglect of the experiences of young people growing up in 'post conflict' societies. The voices of these young people need to be heard alongside the often partial accounts of young people who live in communities that have benefitted from the peace process. While both are part of the 'post conflict' generation how this plays out in the daily practices and experiences of those who continue to reside in segregated communities needs to be articulated and understood before Belfast can truly claim its 'post-conflict' status.

Teens and territory in 'post-conflict' Belfast: If walls could talk

Leonard, Madeleine

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Manchester University Press

The Sociology of Children, Childhood and Generation

Outlining sociology’s distinctive contribution to childhood studies and our understanding of contemporary children and childhood, The Sociology of Children, Childhood and Generation provides a thought provoking and comprehensive account of the connections between the macro worlds of childhood and the micro worlds of children’s everyday lives. Examining children’s involvement in areas such as the labour market, family life, education, play and leisure, the book provides an effective balance between understanding childhood as a structural phenomenon, and recognising children as meaning makers actively involved in constructing, co-constructing and reconstructing their everyday lives. Through the concept of ′generagency′ Madeleine Leonard offers a model for examining and illuminating how structure and agency are activated within interdependent relationships influenced by generational positioning. This framework provides a conceptual tool for thinking about the continuities, challenges and changes that impact on how childhood is lived and experienced.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Sage Publications Ltd.

Examines the extent and significance of informal economic activity in an area of high, long-term unemployment in Belfast. Drawing on a case study, the book focuses on the challenge posed by unemployment to establish conceptions of work in society.

Informal Economic Activity in Belfast

Business & Money

Avebury

Shared Space: November 2010 Issue 10: A Research Journal on Peace, Conflict and Community Relations in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Community Relations Council

A Sociological Reader Presents up-to-date research on the changing role of women in Irish society. Includes contributions by 39 sociologists from all over Ireland and offers valuable insights on women's contemporary lives. It is the first such sociological reader to cover Ireland, both North and South.

Women and Irish Society: A Sociological Reader

Byrne, Anne

Beyond the Pale Publications

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