This concise yet thorough introduction to the sociological study of young people exposes students to the historical and mythic foundations of the discipline before looking at the cultural and educational aspects of youth today. With an exploration of methodology and sociological theories, along with interdisciplinary research evidence, the text wards off the stereotype of the 'stormy youth' while providing context and analytical commentary on the most critical and interesting issues in the field. Unique in its approach and with the most up-to-date research and analysis available, Approaching Youth Studies offers a distinctly Canadian perspective on the study of youth.

Kate Tilleczek is a Canada Research Chair in Child/Youth Cultures and Transitions as well as an associate professor in the Faculty of Education with a cross appointment to the Department of Sociology at the University of Prince Edward Island. She is also an adjunct health systems research scientist in the Learning Institute’s Community Health Systems Resource Group at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

H. Bruce Ferguson is the director of the Community Health Systems Resource Group at the Hospital for Sick Children and a professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Psychology and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.

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"[Approaching Youth Studies] features a helpful conceptual model of cultural nesting which highlights the complex locations and interactions of youth across institutional settings. It then presents how to negotiate school settings utilizing this model. It also outlines the epistemological fallacy of youth which provides students with a way of understanding the prevalence of individualist youth responses to modernist macro social issues as well as providing a helpful discussion on youth research that empowers."

--James Penner, University of Lethbridge