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Everyday emotions and the sociology of youth
ABSTRACT Youth research often leans on emotional registers to conceptualise young people’s experiences, framing stress, uncertainty, transgression, inequality or bullying as key sites of emotional intensity. Emotional categories are also used to characterise whole cohorts, with labels such as the precariat, the narcissistic or anxious generation. These framings can show how young people navigate and shape rapidly changing social conditions.
A fair go for young Australians in this election? Voters are weighing up intergenerational inequity
Securing the welfare of future generations seems like solid grounds for judging policies and politicians, especially during an election campaign. Political legacies are on the line because the stakes are so high. There is a real possibility that today’s young people could become the first Australian generation to suffer lower living standards on some key measures than their parents. Unaffordable housing is the main flashpoint.
A fair go for young Australians in this election? Voters are weighing up intergenerational inequity
Securing the welfare of future generations seems like solid grounds for judging policies and politicians, especially during an election campaign. Political legacies are on the line because the stakes are so high. There is a real possibility that today’s young people could become the first Australian generation to suffer lower living standards on some key measures than their parents. Unaffordable housing is the main flashpoint.
A fair go for young Australians in this election? Voters are weighing up intergenerational inequity
Securing the welfare of future generations seems like solid grounds for judging policies and politicians, especially during an election campaign. Political legacies are on the line because the stakes are so high. There is a real possibility that today’s young people could become the first Australian generation to suffer lower living standards on some key measures than their parents. Unaffordable housing is the main flashpoint.
A fair go for young Australians in this election? Voters are weighing up intergenerational inequity
Securing the welfare of future generations seems like solid grounds for judging policies and politicians, especially during an election campaign. Political legacies are on the line because the stakes are so high. There is a real possibility that today’s young people could become the first Australian generation to suffer lower living standards[1] on some key measures than their parents. Unaffordable housing is the main flashpoint.
A fair go for young Australians in this election? Voters are weighing up intergenerational inequity
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"Ngân hàng cha mẹ" đang tài trợ không chỉ nhà cửa cho thanh niên Úc
Key Points Hỗ trợ của cha mẹ cho con cái trở nên phổ biến và ngày càng kéo dài. Một số người đang dùng sự hỗ trợ từ cha mẹ để đáp ứng nhu cầu hàng ngày, nhưng các bậc cha mẹ đang giúp con mình “tiến lên phía trước”. Hầu hết thế hệ cha mẹ của những người trẻ mà nhóm tác giả theo dõi đều thuộc nhóm Baby Boomer. Sự hiện diện của 'ngân hàng cha mẹ' đang ngày càng gia tăng và mạnh mẽ trong cuộc sống của người Úc.
It's not just housing: The 'bank of mum and dad' is increasingly helping fund the lives of young Australians Original
Much has been made of the increasing presence of the "bank of mum and dad" in the lives of Australians. We know financial support from parents to adult children is increasingly used for entering the housing market. But our new research shows parents are also helping their young adult children in other ways, including with meeting everyday expenses. We've gained new insights into who is receiving support from parents and what it's used for.
How the 'bank of mum and dad' is helping to fund more than property for young Australians
Much has been made of the increasing presence of the 'bank of mum and dad' in the lives of Australians. We know financial support from parents to adult children is increasingly used for entering the housing market. But our new shows parents are also helping their young adult children in other ways, including with meeting everyday expenses. We’ve gained new insights into who is receiving support from parents and what it’s used for.
the 'bank of mum and dad' is increasingly helping fund the lives of young Australians
Much has been made of the increasing presence of the “bank of mum and dad” in the lives of Australians. We know financial support from parents to adult children is increasingly used for entering the housing market. But our new research shows parents are also helping their young adult children in other ways, including with meeting everyday expenses. We’ve gained new insights into who is receiving support from parents and what it’s used for.
the 'bank of mum and dad' is increasingly helping fund the lives of young Australians
Much has been made of the increasing presence of the “bank of mum and dad” in the lives of Australians. We know financial support from parents to adult children is increasingly used for entering the housing market[1]. But our new research[2] shows parents are also helping their young adult children in other ways, including with meeting everyday expenses. We’ve gained new insights into who is receiving support from parents and what it’s used for.
Generation Solidarity?: The young (and old) Australians who are rejecting age-related stereotypes
Generation has become one of the major lenses we use to understand the big issues and challenges of our time, from housing and employment to climate change and the impact of the pandemic. It’s common to read about narcissistic millennials, and more recently about selfish baby boomers, and increasingly anxious, tech-distracted Generation Zs. Often these labels register societal anxieties about social change and are levelled at younger people.
Beyond millennials v baby boomers: Using kindness to assess generationalism across four age cohorts in Australia
Bauman, Z. (1993). Postmodern ethics. Polity Press. Google Scholar Bauman, Z. (2003). Liquid love. Polity Press. Google Scholar Bauman, Z., Donskis, L. (2013). Moral blindness: The loss of sensitivity in liquid modernity. Polity Press. Google Scholar Baym, N. (2015). Personal connections in the digital age. Polity Press. Google Scholar Bourdieu, P. (1993). ‘Youth’ is just a word. Sociology in question (pp. 94–102). Sage. Google Scholar Brownlie, J., Anderson, S. (2017).
The disappearing 9 to 5 work schedule has an unforeseen side effect
You may have noticed the 9-to-5 workday is disappearing. We increasingly live our lives according to our individual schedules, although these are rarely completely within our individual control. As our working lives become increasingly 24-7, our new research suggests there’s now an additional task to do in our families and friendships.
As the 9-to-5 work day disappears, our lives are growing more out of sync
Working 9 to 5, made famous by the Dolly Parton song and movie, is increasingly a thing of the past. Credit: IMDB You may have noticed the 9-to-5 work day is disappearing. We increasingly live our lives according to our individual schedules, although these are rarely completely within our individual control. As our working lives become increasingly 24-7, our new research suggests there's now an additional task to do in our families and friendships.
As the 9-to-5 work day disappears, our lives are growing more out of sync
Preview above: Dairy farmer, Cheryl, and her husband, have to work 7-days a week to keep the farm running, and it has taken a toll. Burnout, full episode. You may have noticed the 9-to-5 work day is disappearing. We increasingly live our lives according to our individual schedules, although these are rarely completely within our individual control. As our working lives become increasingly 24-7, our new research suggests there’s now an additional task to do in our families and friendships.
As the 9-to-5 work day disappears, our lives are growing more out of sync
You may have noticed the 9-to-5 work day is disappearing. We increasingly live our lives according to our individual schedules, although these are rarely completely within our individual control. As our working lives become increasingly 24-7, suggests there’s now an additional task to do in our families and friendships.
As the 9-to-5 work day disappears, our lives are growing more out of sync
You may have noticed the 9-to-5 work day is disappearing. We increasingly live our lives according to our individual schedules, although these are rarely completely within our individual control. As our working lives become increasingly 24-7, our new research suggests there’s now an additional task to do in our families and friendships.
We asked 500 Australians about how work affects their friendships. It's not good news
Posted October 30, 2019 06:00:32 You may have noticed the 9-to-5 work day is disappearing. We increasingly live our lives according to our individual schedules, although these are rarely completely within our individual control. As our working lives become increasingly 24-7, our new research suggests there's now an additional task to do in our families and friendships.
2019 Budget: The Verdict Part 3
In part three of our 2019 Federal budget coverage, we ask University of Melbourne experts analyse the impact on Australia’s housing market, the country’s farmers, foreign aid and young people. HOUSING: Dr Kate Raynor, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning What does the budget mean for housing affordability in Australia? Pretty much nothing. The budget made one reference to Australia’s cooling residential market.
With Scott Morrison, Gen X are now in charge. But will it close the generational divide?
The boomers have vacated the prime minister's chair. Scott Morrison was born in 1968, the year the younger boomers came of age, and really started causing trouble. He is the first Gen Xer in the top job. His deputy, Josh Frydenberg, is a child of 1971 and so also a member of the same neglected generational grouping, born from the mid-1960s to the early '80s. Our new leaders are making sure we know they are a little younger.
You've heard of Boomers, Gen X and Millennials - but how about the Xennials?
We all know the names: Boomers, Gen X and Millennials. Now we can add the “Xennials”, a cross-over generation between X-ers and Millennials that recently took the internet by storm. The “Xennials” are supposedly a group born between the late 1970s and early 1980s who entered the labour market well after the recession of the early 1990s, but before the Global Financial Crisis. They had an analogue childhood, but digital young adulthood.
Young people are not after an easy ride, just job security
Young people don’t know how good they’ve got it. They expect the best, they expect it now, and they don’t expect to work too hard to get it. At least, that’s what Treasurer Scott Morrison is worried about. When we look at the world of work, we hear that young people have a radically different attitude to work than their parents. They either need to learn that not everyone can have the CEO’s job, or they crave “flexibility” above other conditions.
Before you call for penalty rates to be cut, try working a few Sundays
Not for the first time this year, Workplace Minister Eric Abetz has been forced to calm the rumblings after another government minister weighed in on penalty rates, and why they should be cut. Changes are unlikely to occur until after a forthcoming Productivity Commission review of workplace relations, and may not come until after the next election, but it’s clear the campaign to justify reducing penalty rates is already underway.
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