The World's Youth: Adolescence in Eight Regions of the Globe

383 Pages·2002·1.28 MB·English

by  B. Bradford Brown

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TheWorld’sYouth
Thelifestageofadolescencenowoccursinmostcornersoftheworld,
butittakesdifferentformsindifferentregions.Peers,withsuchacen-
tralroleinWesternadolescence,playacomparativelyminorrolein
the lives of Arabic and South Asian adolescents. Emotional turmoil
andindividuationfromfamilyoccurinsomesocietiesbutnotothers.
AdolescentsexualrevolutionsaresweepingthroughJapanandLatin
America. In this book, scholars from eight regions of the world de-
scribethedistinctnatureofadolescenceintheirregions.Theydraw
onresearchtoaddressstandardtopicsregardingthisage–familyand
peerrelationships,schooling,preparationforwork,physicalandmen-
talhealth–andshowhowthesehaveadifferentcastacrosssocieties.
As a whole, the book depicts how rapid global change is dramati-
callyalteringtheexperienceoftheadolescenttransition,creatingnew
opportunities and challenges for adolescents, parents, teachers, and
concernedothers.
B.BradfordBrownisProfessorofHumanDevelopmentandformer
ChairoftheDepartmentofEducationalPsychologyattheUniversity
of Wisconsin–Madison. He received an A.B. in sociology from
Princeton University and a Ph.D. in human development from the
UniversityofChicagobeforejoiningthefacultyoftheUniversityof
Wisconsinin1979.
ReedW.LarsonisProfessorofHumanandCommunityDevelopment
in the Departments of Human and Community Development, Psy-
chology, and Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.HeisauthorofDivergentRealities:TheEmotional
LivesofMothers,Fathers,andAdolescents(withMaryseRichards)andof
BeingAdolescent:ConflictandGrowthintheTeenageYears(withMihaly
Csikszentmihalyi).
T. S. Saraswathi is Professor Emeritus of Human Development, in
the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. She is a recipient
of numerous professional awards and international fellowships for
her contributions to the field of developmental psychology and has
publishedseveralarticlesinreputedjournalsandeditedbooks.

The World’s Youth
Adolescence in Eight Regions of the Globe
Editedby
B. BRADFORD BROWN
UniversityofWisconsin–Madison
REED W. LARSON
UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign
T. S. SARASWATHI
MaharajaSayajiraoUniversityofBaroda
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Contents
Contributors pagevii
Preface ix
1 The Kaleidoscope of Adolescence: Experiences of the
World’sYouthattheBeginningofthe21stCentury 1
B.BradfordBrownandReedW.Larson
2 DemographicTrendsAffectingYouthAroundtheWorld 21
ElizabethFussellandMargaretE.Greene
3 AdolescenceinSub-SaharanAfrica:AnImage
ConstructedfromAfrica’sTripleInheritance 61
A.BameNsamenang
4 AdolescenceinIndia:StreetUrchinsorSiliconValley
Millionaires? 105
SumanVermaandT.S.Saraswathi
5 AdolescenceinChinaandJapan:AdaptingtoaChanging
Environment 141
HaroldW.StevensonandAkaneZusho
6 YouthinSoutheastAsia:LivingWithintheContinuity
ofTraditionandtheTurbulenceofChange 171
MadeleneSantaMaria
7 ArabAdolescentsFacingtheFuture:EnduringIdeals
andPressurestoChange 207
MarilynBooth
8 AdolescentsinRussia:SurvivingtheTurmoiland
CreatingaBrighterFuture 243
AnnaStetsenko
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9 AdolescentsinLatinAmerica:FacingtheFuture
withSkepticism 276
CarlosWelti
10 AdolescentsinWesternCountriesinthe21stCentury:
VastOpportunities–forAll? 307
JeffreyJensenArnett
11 AdolescenceinGlobalPerspective:AnAgenda
forSocialPolicy 344
T.S.SaraswathiandReedW.Larson
Index 363
Contributors
JeffreyJensenArnett,UniversityofMaryland,CollegePark,MD,USA
MarilynBooth,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,USA
B.BradfordBrown,UniversityofWisconsin–Madison,USA
ElizabethFussell,TulaneUniversity,NewOrleans,LA,USA
MargaretE.Greene,PopulationActionInternational,Washington,
DC,USA
ReedW.Larson,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,USA
A.BameNsamenang,UniversityofYaoundeandHumanDevelopment
ResourceCentre,Bamenda,Cameroon,Africa
MadeleneSantaMaria,DeLaSalleUniversity,Manilla,Philippines
T.S.Saraswathi,MaharajaSayajiraoUniversityofBaroda,India
AnnaStetsenko,CityUniversityofNewYork,USA
HaroldW.Stevenson,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI,USA
SumanVerma,GovernmentHomeScienceCollege,Chandigarh,India
Carlos Welti, Institute for Social Research, National Autonomous
University,Mexico
AkaneZusho,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI,USA
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