Youth in Europe I
An international empirical Study about Life Perspectives
Hans-Georg Ziebertz, William K Kay (eds.)
Münster/Hamburg/London 2005 (LIT-Publisher).
280 pages, EUR 24,95
“This book contains a report of an extraordinary study about life perspectives of young people in different countries in Europe. It reveals remarkable differences in perspective for the future of the young people in these countries. Are we in the process of establishing a society in which future generations will feel at home and in which they can put their faith? The European Union should support this kind of research. This first report by ‘Youth in Europe’ makes me curios and anxious for the next two reports of this research, which are due later.”
Lambert van Nistelrooij, Member of the European Parliament (EVP)
Contents
- Part I: Research Context
- Europe as Context
William K Kay and Hans-Georg Ziebertz- Analytic Tools and Methods
Hans-Georg Ziebertz and William K Kay
- Part II: National Findings
- Germany: Pessimistic but Self Confident
Hans-Georg Ziebertz- England and Wales: Cautious Optimism
William K Kay- Poland: Family and Faith
Wit Pasierbek, Michael Fearn, Hans-Georg Ziebertz- The Netherlands: The Dutch disease
Leo van der Tuin- Sweden: Optimistic Individuals open to other needs
Per Petterson- Finland: Optimistic Realism and Individualistic Solidarity
Eila Helander- Ireland: Growing up Irish: Life Perspectives among young people in the Republic of Ireland
Christopher Alan Lewis, Sharon Mary Cruise, Michael Fearn, Conor McGuckin- Croatia: Between a troubled past and an elusive future
Gordan ?rpi?, s. Valentina Blaženka Mandari?, Siniša Zrinš?ak- Israel: Certainty within an uncertain world: Worldviews among Jewish adolescents in Israel
Zehavit Gross
- Part III: Comparative Perspectives
- Youth in Europe: Correspondence and Diversity
Hans-Georg Ziebertz and William K Kay
- Part IV: Tables