Imagining Youth Futures : University Students in Post-Truth Times

This book offers a much-needed analysis of how young people understand and navigate their lives as workers, family members and political actors in an era of uncertainty, Brexit and Trump. Drawing on the latest and most seminal international research and the unique stories of 30 young university students from Australia, France and Britain, it explores the nature of higher education and post-education trajectories for young people facing a ‘post-truth’ world in which opportunities for home ownership, work security and the formation of committed relationships have been thoroughly eroded. It also presents a timely reflection on young people’s hopes and concerns in the wake of global political upheaval, demographic change, financial crises, labour market uncertainties and unprecedented human mobility. __Imagining Youth Futures__ makes a unique contribution to the fields of youth studies, transitions to university, and contemporary youth patterns in the areas of work, family, politics and mobility. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction (Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh)....Pages 1-12 Setting the Scene (Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh)....Pages 13-34 The Changing Promises and Prospects of Higher Education (Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh)....Pages 35-55 Imagining the Family in Post-truth Times (Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh)....Pages 57-75 Planning for Uncertainty: The Workforce Ahead (Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh)....Pages 77-94 Reacting to the Future: The University Student as Homo Promptus (Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh)....Pages 95-113 Making the Future: Homo Promptus and the Political (Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh)....Pages 115-133 Conclusion—What Is the Future of Youth? (Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh)....Pages 135-153