Indian youth in a transforming world attitudes and perceptions

deSouza, Peter Ronald, 1956- (Added Author). Kumar, Sanjay, 1967- (Added Author). Shastri, Sandeep. (Added Author).

Summary: This book comprises the first nationwide study based on face-to-face interviews with 5000 youth to capture the popular mood of this important demographic segment of contemporary India. It records their perceptions of various issues, ranging from modernity, development, globalization and unemployment, to leisure and lifestyle, social networks and family, and their hopes and aspirations for the future. While it breaks some myths about them, on one hand, it helps strengthen some commonly shared perceptions about them, on the other. Indian Youth in a Transforming World: Attitudes and Perceptions u.

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ISBN: 9788132102564 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 8132102568 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xxix, 176 p.) : ill., maps.
Publisher: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2009.