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Article: A Youth Studies Australia anthology for youth workers.(Introduction)
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- Youth Studies Australia
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Back in 1995, Youth Studies Australia published an article by Richard Eckersley that provoked much discussion over questions relating to young people, culture and values. At the heart of Richard's argument was the notion that contemporary Western culture is characterised by moral confusion and contradiction, including the promotion of inappropriate and antisocial values. The article stimulated much debate over Western values and where, how and if young people can develop a moral compass to guide them in turbulent times. Such was the relevance and resonance of the piece that it was later translated and reprinted in a Latin American journal of adolescent health. Articles ...