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Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy

Introduction: Adolescence in a global context

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Banati, P; Lansford, JE
March 22, 2018

Adolescence is a unique window of development and a profound period of social, psychological, economic, and biological transition. Children do not take a direct path to adulthood; more is known today about the challenges faced and opportunities available during the adolescent period and how these shape life trajectories. The Sustainable Development Agenda has laid out an ambitious set of goals that when implemented will have an impact on their life chances, choices, and transitions to adulthood. The chapter describes a number of definitional and conceptual issues in adolescent development research. It raises a challenge to policymaking, which will need to engage with the interdependent and complex nature of adolescent development embedded in context and evolving over the life course. An integrated framework for policy-coherent responses for adolescents is proposed, reinforcing protection and empowerment as two sides of a coin. Implications for a maturing field of adolescent development research are discussed.

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9780190847128

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March 22, 2018

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Banati, P., & Lansford, J. E. (2018). Introduction: Adolescence in a global context. In Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy (pp. 1–23). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190847128.003.0001
Banati, P., and J. E. Lansford. “Introduction: Adolescence in a global context.” In Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy, 1–23, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190847128.003.0001.
Banati P, Lansford JE. Introduction: Adolescence in a global context. In: Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy. 2018. p. 1–23.
Banati, P., and J. E. Lansford. “Introduction: Adolescence in a global context.” Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy, 2018, pp. 1–23. Scopus, doi:10.1093/oso/9780190847128.003.0001.
Banati P, Lansford JE. Introduction: Adolescence in a global context. Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy. 2018. p. 1–23.
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DOI

ISBN

9780190847128

Publication Date

March 22, 2018

Start / End Page

1 / 23