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Since the 1970s information sciences and new communication technologies have changed the ways we produce everything, from food and material goods to knowledge. These first steps in the Great Transformation are unlike earlier agricultural or industrial revolutions. This transformation will dramatically increase productivity while radically reducing demand for human labour across all skill levels. When work as we know it disappears, what will we educate for? How will we live? Will this change enlarge or further impoverish democracy? These are questions we need to address. If policy responses...

In this widely used and very readable introductory text, Judith Bessant and Rob Watts show us how to develop a sociological perspective on what is happening in Australia today. Rapid and far-reaching social changes are taking place which affect us all: globalization is impactingAustralianeconomy and culture; technological developments increase the pace of life;...

This book provides insight into the diverse ways young people from around the world are regenerating politics in innovative and multifaceted ways. The authors, who include academics and activists, challenge claims that young people are apolitical, apathetic and living up to the 'me generation' stereotype. Contributions cover a rich body of case examples of traditional and new forms of youth politics in response to situated injustices and political and socio-economic crises. Significant and optimistic, the collection presents strong evidence from across the globe that these developments are...

This book draws on a wealth of evidence including young people's own stories, to document how they are now faring in increasingly unequal societies like America, Britain, Australia, France and Spain. It points to systematic generational inequality as those born since 1980 become the first generation to have a lower standard of living than previous generations. While governments and experts typically explain this by referring to globalisation, new technologies, or young people's deficits, the authors of this book offer a new political economy of generations which identifies the central role...