"Hooks, Pails and Odd Jobs": The Epistemological and Methodological Unfoldings of a Young Sociology of Youth

A review essay on a book by Jose Machado Pais, Ganchos, tachos e biscates: jovens, trabalho e futuro ([Hooks, Pails and Odd Jobs: Youth, Work and the Future] Porto: Ambar, 2001). Interesting aspects are approached regarding the methodology used, which includes individual and group in-depth interview...

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Published in:Sociologias 2006-01, Vol.8 (15), p.384-399
Main Author: Molin, Fabio dal
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Portugal
Research Methodology
Youth
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Summary:A review essay on a book by Jose Machado Pais, Ganchos, tachos e biscates: jovens, trabalho e futuro ([Hooks, Pails and Odd Jobs: Youth, Work and the Future] Porto: Ambar, 2001). Interesting aspects are approached regarding the methodology used, which includes individual and group in-depth interviews, ethnography, and heterogeneous and contemporary theoretical analysis. The relevance of the work for the study of today's youth is underscored, considering the complex and nonlinear trajectories of youths that use several distinct survival strategies in a precarious or even illegal labor context in Portugal. References.
ISSN:1517-4522