Disconnected Youth? : Growing up in Britains Poor in Neighbourhoods

How do young people get by in hard times and hard places? Have they become a lost generation disconnected from societys mainstream? Do popular ideas about social exclusion or a welfare dependent underclass really connect with the lived experiences of the so-called disaffected, disengaged and difficult-to-reach? Based on close-up research with young men and women from localities suffering social exclusion in extreme form, Disconnected Youth? will appeal to all those who are interested in understanding and tackling the problems of growing up in Britains poor neighbourhoods.