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Young People's Quality of Life and Construction of Citizenship [electronic resource] / by Graciela Tonon.

By: Tonon, Graciela [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research: Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012Description: IX, 58p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400729964.Subject(s): Social sciences | Quality of Life | Education, Higher | Social sciences -- Methodology | Quality of Life -- Research | Applied psychology | Social Sciences | Quality of Life Research | Political Science, general | Community and Environmental Psychology | Methodology of the Social Sciences | Higher Education | Educational Policy and PoliticsDDC classification: 306 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Table of Contents -- Preface by the author -- Introduction -- Chaper 1. Yong People's Quality of Life.- Chapter 2: Young People's Citizenship and Participation -- Chapter 3: Satisfaction with life in the community and in the country -- Chapter 4: University and Quality of Life -- Chapter 5: The use of Qualitative Methods in the Study of Young People Quality of Life -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This briefs is dedicated to analyze the relations between quality of life and construction of citizenship of young people in Argentina, considering two specific social scenarios: the community and the university. In the case of community it is important to note that it not imply uniformity, as community means the inclusion of diversity and the achievement of sharing within it, and in the case of university it will be necessary to recognize that as an educational institution the university has expanded his traditional role of production of knowledge, to be an institution of social reference and social support for students. To do this the author will show some of the results of a decade of research in quality of life and young people, using quantitative and qualitative methods.
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Table of Contents -- Preface by the author -- Introduction -- Chaper 1. Yong People's Quality of Life.- Chapter 2: Young People's Citizenship and Participation -- Chapter 3: Satisfaction with life in the community and in the country -- Chapter 4: University and Quality of Life -- Chapter 5: The use of Qualitative Methods in the Study of Young People Quality of Life -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

This briefs is dedicated to analyze the relations between quality of life and construction of citizenship of young people in Argentina, considering two specific social scenarios: the community and the university. In the case of community it is important to note that it not imply uniformity, as community means the inclusion of diversity and the achievement of sharing within it, and in the case of university it will be necessary to recognize that as an educational institution the university has expanded his traditional role of production of knowledge, to be an institution of social reference and social support for students. To do this the author will show some of the results of a decade of research in quality of life and young people, using quantitative and qualitative methods.

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