Synopses & Reviews
This reference summarizes and overviews current research on adolescence in 31 countries from around the world. The volume begins with a discussion of interdisciplinary and international perspectives on adolescence, with special attention to psychological and sociological approaches. Each of the chapters that follow considers adolescence in a particular country, and the chapters are arranged alphabetically for ease of use. To foster comparative research, each chapter shares a common format, with sections on the historical and sociodemographic background of adolescence since 1945, sociocultural patterns of rites of passage, psychological and social problem behaviors, and policy matters. Each chapter concludes with a list of current references, and the volume ends with a selected bibliography and an appendix of key researchers.
Synopsis
This reference comprehensively and systematically overviews adolescence in thirty-one countries from around the world, with each chapter devoted to a particular country and having the same format.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [456]-459) and index.
About the Author
KLAUS HURRELMANN is Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences and Director of the Research Center on Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence at the University of Bielefeld.
Table of Contents
Introduction:Interdisciplinary and International Approaches to Research on Adolescence by Klaus Hurrelmann
Argentina by Ana M. Garacia de Fanelli
Australia by Millicent Poole
Belgium by Luc Goossens
Brazil by Almir Pereira Jr. and Rosana Heringer
Bulgaria by Mikhail Mirchev
Canada by Nancy L. Galambos and Giselle C. Kolaric
Chile by Jose Weinstein
Czechoslovakia by Petr Macek and Ladislav Rabusic
Finland by Jari-Erik Nurmi and Lasse Siurala
France by Gerard Mauger
Germany by Klaus Hurrelmann and Wolfgang Settertobulte
Hungary by Beno Csapo
India by Mahesh Shukla
Israel by Tamar Rapoport and Edna Lomsky-Feder
Italy by Carlo Buzzi and Alessandro Cavalli
Japan by Keiko Takahashi and Kiyoshi Takeuchi
Korea by Hyun Choe
Mexico by Eugenio Echeverria
The Netherlands by Manuela du Bois-Reymond and Ieneke van der Zande
Norway by Ola Stafseng
The People's Republic of China by Jin Zhi Kun
Poland by Jan Wlodarek
Portugal by Anabela Carvalho and Mariana Dias
Russia by Andrej I. Podolskij
Singapore by Kong-Chong Ho
Spain by Raquel-Amaya Martinez, Mario de Miguel, and Samuel Fernandez
Sweden by Keith Roe, Erling Bjurstrom, and Johan Fornas
Switzerland by Marlis Buchmann
The United Kingdom by Leo B. Hendry and Janet Shucksmith
The United States by John Schulenberg and Aaron Ebata
Zambia by Pempelani Mufune, Kwaku Osei-Hwedie, and Lengwe-Katembula Mwansa
Appendix
Key Persons in Youth Research
Selected Bibliiography
Index