YOUNG PEOPLE IN TRANSITION: BECOMING CITIZENS?; ED. BY CHRISTOPHER POLE

"The essays in this collection represent a major contribution to our understanding of youth and transitions to be of adult citizenship, including employment, independent living and political participation. The education of children and young people in citizenship usually emphasizes eithr rights or responsibilities through the concept of 'active citizenship'. The central concern of the book is to address the tensions and contradictions between the teaching of active citizenship and the real life difficulties many young people face in the practical transit on being adult citizens in modern life."--Jacket.