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Living in the shadows :

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TLets427966

Title Proper

Living in the shadows :

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Melrose, Margaret

Title Proper by Another Author

street culture and its role in the development and maintenance of survival strategies of socially marginal young people

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Luton

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2005

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Body granting the degree

University of Luton

Text preceding or following the note

2005

Text of Note

This text demonstrates that my work on young people who are exploited through prostitution and young people involved in problematic drug use in Britain at the end ofthe twentieth and beginning ofthe twenty-first century constitutes a significant contribution to advancing our knowledge ofthese inter-related issues. The text demonstrates that, in Britain, at the end of the twentieth and beginning ofthe twenty-first century, young people exploited through prostitution and young people involved in problematic drug use share in common lived experiences in poverty at the margins of society. The common theme demonstrated here is that, as a result ofthe poverty generated by social and economic policies adopted in Britain in response to gIobalisation, 'street cultures' play an important role in the development and maintenance of survival strategies adopted by socially marginalised and economically disadvantaged young people. The discussion argues that these cultures perform important functions in time and space for socially and economically marginal young people. They do so in different ways for different young people. At the same time, however, they serve to further entrench their social and economic exclusion and disadvantage.

L300 Sociology

street culture

survival strategies

young people

Melrose, Margaret

University of Luton

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[Thesis]

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