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Youth in India book

Aspirations, Attitudes, Anxieties

Youth in India

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Youth in India book

Aspirations, Attitudes, Anxieties
Edited BySanjay Kumar
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2019
eBook Published 22 March 2019
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge India
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367142049
Pages 198
eBook ISBN 9780367142049
Subjects Area Studies, Behavioral Sciences, Development Studies, Environment, Social Work, Urban Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences
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Kumar, S. (Ed.). (2019). Youth in India: Aspirations, Attitudes, Anxieties (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367142049

ABSTRACT

This book explores the attitudes, anxieties and aspirations of India’s burgeoning young population in a globalised world. Drawing upon time-series survey data of the Indian youth aged between 15 and 34 years across 19 Indian states, it provides key insights into a range of themes along with an overview of the changing trends and patterns of their behaviour. The volume examines the job preferences of the Indian youth, their career priorities and opinions on reservations in employment and education sectors. It measures their degree of political participation and studies their attitude regarding political issues. It looks at aspects relating to their social and cultural contexts, preferences and practices, including lifestyle choices, consumption habits and social customs such as marriage, as they negotiate between tradition and modernity. Further, it discusses the anxieties and insecurities that the youth face, their mental health and their experiences of social discrimination. The essays here offer an understanding of a critical demographic and shed light on the challenges and opportunities that the Indian youth confront today.

Lucid, accessible and empirically grounded, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of sociology, political sociology, political studies, youth psychology and anthropology as well as policymakers, journalists and the interested general reader.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

BySanjay Kumar

chapter 2|13 pages

Job preferences and career priorities

ByShashwat Dhar

chapter 3|15 pages

Opinion on the issue of reservations

ByArushi Gupta

chapter 4|18 pages

Political engagement and political attitudes of Indian youth

ByJyoti Mishra, Pranav Gupta

chapter 5|15 pages

Social and cultural attitudes of Indian youth

BySouradeep Banerjee

chapter 6|19 pages

Marital practices amongst the young in India

Continuities and transformation
ByAsmita Aasaavari

chapter 7|17 pages

Lifestyle and habits of Indian youth

ByVibha Attri

chapter 8|24 pages

Anxieties and emotional distress

ByShreyas Sardesai

chapter 9|15 pages

Experiences of discrimination

ByShreyas Sardesai
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