The Origins of Postmodern Youth

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Based on empirical analyses of classical youth movements as harbingers of the code of informality, and of the recent example of Israeli youth movements, the study explains the variety of youth behaviour in authentic rather than generational or conflictual terms. It sheds new light on youth movements and more recent expressions of youth in the same universe of informal youth structures. These informal structures institutionalize both youth authenticity and relation to adult society, constructing a context in which freedom and discipline coexist.
Summary of contents:
Prologue
. Youth and the Code of Informality

2. Three Paradigms of Youth Movements
3. The Combinative Type: Israeli Pioneering Youth Movements
   Appendix - References - Index

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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Tables and Figures in the Text -- Prologue -- Part I. Youth and the Code of Informality -- 1. The Changing Concept of Youth in Modern Societies -- 2. Toward a Theory of Informality -- Part II. Three Paradigms of Youth Movements -- 3. The Emergence of European Youth Movements -- 4. The Loose Youth Movement: The German Wandervogel -- 5. The Established Youth Movement: The British Boy Scouts -- 6. The "Official" Youth Movement: The Soviet Komsomol -- 7. Conclusion: Informal Movements as Forerunners of Postmodern Youthfulness -- Part III. The Combinative Type: Israeli Pioneering Youth Movements -- 8. The Social Context of the Israeli Pioneering Youth Movements -- 9. Major Israeli Movements in the "Golden Period" -- 10. Major Transformative Patterns of the Israeli Youth Movements -- 11. Informal Activities in the Israeli Youth Movements -- 12. Informal Knowledge and Curricula -- 13. Moratorium in Three Socialization Agencies: A Comparative View -- 14. Informal Agencies of Socialization and Role Development -- 15. Informal Framework and Civic Culture -- 16. Preliminary Reflections on Western Youth: Europe and America -- 17. Epilogue: Postmodern Variations of Informality -- Appendix. A Comparative View: The Emergence of Postmodern Youthfulness in Non-Western Countries -- References -- Index