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Impact of Recession on Health Inequalities - Youth Culture

Laurie Taylor is joined by Professor Mel Bartley and Professor Andrew Oswald to discuss the personal and psychological consequences of unemployment in the light of the current global recession.

IMPACT OF RECESSION ON HEALTH INEQUALITIES
Laurie Taylor is joined by Mel Bartley, Professor of Medical Sociology at University College London Medical School, and Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics at Warwick University to discuss the personal and psychological consequences of unemployment in the light of the current global recession.

YOUTH CULTURE
Dr David Fowler, author of a new book entitled Youth Culture in Modern Britain, c1920-c.1970, talks about the meaning of ‘youth culture’. He contends that authentic youth movements have a philosophy and way of life; they do not simply celebrate consumerism and popular music.

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  • Wed 25 Feb 2009 16:00
  • Mon 2 Mar 2009 00:15

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