Steven Roberts, “Young Working-Class Men in Transition” (Routledge, 2018)

New Books in Sociology · Sep 17, 2018 · 40m

How do young working-class men experience the transition to adulthood? In his new book Young Working-Class Men in Transition (Routledge, 2018), Steven Roberts talks directly to young men to gain their insight into this topic. A highlight of this book is that Roberts presents the theoretical backdrops for both masculinity and youth studies in an accessible way. In the text, he explores the “crisis rhetoric” often used around narratives of masculinity, in addition to more traditional theories like hegemonic masculinity. By focusing on young men who work in the service sector, Roberts encourages…