Youth Studies Andy Werlong Chapter Summaries

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Social stratification and diversity is found in most societies around the world. These ideas are explored in Andy Furlong’s book Youth Studies: An Introduction chapter “Divisions in Youth” and C. Welti’s “Adolescence in Latin America: Facing the Future with Skepticism”. Furlong begins his chapter by stating the various forms of social inequality that are found across societies, including class, gender, race, ability, sexuality, and youth. Although Furlong includes youth as a factor of social inequality, he discloses that youth is a temporary form of discrimination unlike the other constructions previously mentioned, nevertheless still involves “state-sanctioned denial of various rights” (25). Furlong emphasizes that one’s unique location within …show more content…

Welti prefaces his work with a survey conducted by UNICEF, which found that the youth of Latin America think that they will have a better future than their parents while simultaneously believing that their countries will be a worse place to live (276). This fact provides a jumping off point Welti’s research and analysis, in which he concludes that the future for Latin American youth will be dismal when the statistics behind educational attainment, job placement/security, family/peer relations, sexual/reproductive behavior, and violence are examined. His findings conclude that the disconnection between gaining access to higher education and a lack of employment opportunities for the growing population of youth has constrained their dreams and aspirations, which has forced youth into a state of frustration and crime (292,294,300). Welti’s findings are useful for considering the hardships many Global South youth face; however, the youth in Latin America are in a precarious position; in which they are demonstrating characteristics of emerging adulthood similar to the youth of the Global North. The strength of Welti’s article lies in his use of statistical evidence; however, he ends up generalizing the experiences of Latin American youth in the

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