BA (Hons) Childhood and Youth Studies and Sociology course preparation

Suggested reading

The following books will be useful throughout your first two years at university:

Childhood & Youth Studies

• Furlong, A., (2013) Youth Studies: An Introduction, Routledge: Abingdon.
• France, A. (2016) Understanding Youth in the Global Economic Crisis, Policy Press, Bristol.

Sociology

• Bauman, Z. and May, T. (2019) Thinking Sociologically (3rd Edition) London: Blackwell.
• C. Wright Mills (1959) The Sociological Imagination. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Richard Sennett (2012) Together: The rituals, pleasures, and politics of cooperation. Yale University Press.
• Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett (2010) The spirit level: why equality is better for everyone. Penguin.

Useful websites

You can see some of our cutting-edge research pertinent to your degree at the following links:

• Children and Young People Research Network
• Migration Working Group – North West (MWG-NW)
• Centre for Child Protection and Safeguarding in Sport (CPSS)
• Edge Hill Social Sciences Research information

Things to do now

We don’t recommend too much preparation before arrival – you’ll have enough to do when you arrive!

However, you might want to think about how you’ll prepare for study. This might involve clearing a space for study if you intend to study from your home or thinking about how you’ll manage your time in relation to caring, social and work obligations when you begin the programme.

Do some general reading on the themes of childhood and youth. A good introductory text would be ‘Youth Studies: An Introduction’ by Alan Furlong published by Routledge.

You could also:

• Keep up-to-date with the Guardian Society pages
• Read the Migration Policy Institute report on the growing levels of migration and border controversies
• Take a virtual tour of the nearby International Slavery Museum in Liverpool

Additional ways to prepare

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