The world's youth : adolescence in eight regions of the globe /
The life stage of adolescence now occurs in most corners of the world, but it takes different forms in different regions. Peers, with such a central role in Western adolescence, play a comparatively minor role in the lives of Arabic and South Asian adolescents. Emotional turmoil and individuation fr...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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Table of Contents:
- The kaleidoscope of adolescence : experiences of the world's youth at the beginning of the 21st century / B. Bradford Brown, Reed W. Larson
- Demographic trends affecting youth around the world / Elizabeth Fussell, Margaret E. Greene
- Adolescence in sub-Saharan Africa : an image constructed from Africa's triple inheritance / A. Bame Nsamenang
- Adolescence in India : street urchins or Silicon Valley millionaires? / Suman Verma, T.S. Saraswathi
- Adolescence in China and Japan : adapting to a changing environment / Harold W. Stevenson, Akane Zusho
- Youth in Southeast Asia : living within the continuity of tradition and the turbulence of change / Madelene Santa Maria
- Arab adolescents facing the future : enduring ideals and pressures to change / Marilyn Booth
- Adolescents in Russia : surviving the turmoil and creating a brighter future / Anna Stetsenko
- Adolescence in Latin America : facing the future with skepticism / Carlos Welti
- Adolescents in Western countries in the 21st century : vast opportunities, for all? / Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
- Adolescence in global perspective : an agenda for social policy / T.S. Saraswathi, Reed W. Larson.
