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Deconstructing Scandinavia's "Achievement Generation"

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In this book, Professor Ole Jacob Madsen analyses the implications of Scandinavia's current concern for the mental health problems of adolescents, said to be struggling in the face of increasing demands for achievement and success. It critically examines our understanding of this so-called “achievement generation”, questioning whether today’s youth are really worse off than previous generations and how we have come to believe that this is so.

The author’s wide-ranging investigation draws on a large body of research, as well as considering socio-political, historical and regional factors that might be affecting the resilience and mental health among young people. It also provides original psycholinguistic studies of popular media concepts associated with these issues including: “the achievement generation”, “pathological perfection” and “the good girl syndrome”.

Deconstructing Scandinavia’s “Achievement Generation” presents an engaging contribution to key debates around therapeutic culture and society in the 21st century. It will appeal to students and scholars of critical and social psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy; as well as to those working in education, social work and mental health.

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Inventory Code	Barcode	Call Number	Location	Status
2108000077	EB0003776	616.890 083 5 Mad d	Central Library (OPAC)	Available

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Series Title

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Call Number

616.890 083 5 Mad d

Publisher

Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan Cham., 2021

Collation

viii, 300p.:ill

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-72555-6

Classification

616.890 083 5

Content Type

Ebook

Media Type

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Carrier Type

online resource

Edition

1

Subject(s)

Teenagers--Mental health

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