The Making of an Outsider: Growing Up in Poverty in Northern Ireland

Autor/in	Horgan, Goretti
Titel	The Making of an Outsider: Growing Up in Poverty in Northern Ireland
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 43 (2011) 2, S.453-467 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X10383543
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Conflict; Learning Motivation; Young Adults; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Social Isolation; Dropouts; Futures (of Society); Emotional Disturbances; Mental Disorders; Self Destructive Behavior; Disadvantaged; Lunch Programs; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Konflikt; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Soziale Isolation; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Future; Society; Zukunft; Gefühlsstörung; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Mittagessen
Abstract	The young people who are the focus of this article grow up in communities ravaged by poverty and conflict. School is where they spend most of their time, but their experience of school is, generally, not motivating and increases their feelings of social exclusion; almost one in ten young people whose family depends on benefits leaves school with no educational qualifications and the future they see is bleak. Small wonder, then, that so many suffer from emotional and mental health problems and engage in self-harming behavior. This article will use qualitative data from two studies carried out over the past 5 years to explore the experiences of young people growing up in poverty in Northern Ireland and look at the extent of their exclusion from the norms of society. It will argue that this exclusion is such that some of them feel "outsiders" even within their own, disadvantaged, community, and this is dangerous in a society which is still emerging from conflict. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10