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Sociology of Youth

Code: 175369
ECTS: 4.0
Lecturers in charge: izv. prof. dr. sc. Gorana Bandalović
Lecturers: izv. prof. dr. sc. Gorana Bandalović - Seminar
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Lecture typeTotal
Lectures 30
Seminar 15
* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)
Description:
Course objectives: Introduction to basic characteristics of social position and orientation of youth in contemporary society, sociological theories of marginal groups, youth subcultures and alternative movements, youth activism.

Course content:
- Introduction - presentation of program, literature, method, exams (1 hour)
- Youth in historical and social context (2 hours)
- Review of sociological theories of youth (2 hours)
- Basic characteristics of youth culture (2 hours)
- Adolescent Studies - key definitions, concepts, principles (2 hours)
- Changes in transition to adulthood (2 hours)
- Youth Identity (2 hours)
- 1st colloquium (1 hour)
- Youth sexual practices (2 hours)
- Youth in civil society and local community (2 hours)
- Youth in the age of globalization (2 hours)
- Youth activism (2 hours)
- Lifestyle of young people in Croatia; youth leisure (2 hours)
- Sociological theories of marginal groups (2 hours)
- The concept of counterculture, subculture and alternative movements (2 hours)
- 2nd colloquium (1 hour)
- Final lecture and evaluation (1 hour)
Learning outcomes:
  1. Explain the basic concepts in the field of sociology of youth.
  2. Identify, understand and interpret the basic problems of contemporary youth.
  3. Analyze the position of young people in society.
  4. To think critically about different aspects of youth life in the Republic of Croatia.
Literature:
  1. Youth Studies: An Introduction, , Furlong, A, London: New York: Routledge., 2013.
  2. Subcultures: The Basics, , Haenfler, R, London: New York: Routledge., 2014.
  3. Mladi u vremenu krize, , Ilišin, V., Bouillet, D.; Gvodanović, A., Potočnik, D, Zagreb: Institut za društvena istraživanja; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung., 2013.
  4. Urbana plemena, , Perasović, B, Zagreb: Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada., 2001.
  5. Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture, , Savage, J, London: Pimlico., 2007.
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