{"product_id":"growing-up-rural-qualitative-longitudinal-explorations-of-young-people-living-in-the-nordic-countries-hardcover","title":"Growing Up Rural: Qualitative Longitudinal Explorations of Young People Living in the Nordic Countries - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaisa Vehkalahti\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eIngunn Marie Eriksen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJeanette ØStergaard\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis open access book explores the everyday lives of young people living in rural areas in Nordic countries, drawing on qualitative longitudinal methods. The young people's life stories are set against a backdrop of Nordic welfare states under increasing global pressure. \u003cem\u003eGrowing Up Rural\u003c\/em\u003e contributes to the growing literature on spatialized youth studies by providing a refreshing antidote to one-sided stories about depraved young lives in rural areas. By drawing on novel empirical analyses of longitudinal data, thereby foregrounding processual shifts and changes over time, it highlights the vast varieties in young people's lives as well as the agency and navigation skills required to master vulnerabilities in transitions to adulthood. It contributes to ongoing discussions about how longitudinal qualitative research design provides a deeper understanding of the lives of young people as they unfold. This book provides useful and inspiring insights for scholars and students of youth studies, rural studies, life course studies, and qualitative research more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaisa Vehkalahti \u003c\/strong\u003eis Senior Lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She leads the multidisciplinary project \u003cem\u003eThe Future of Nordic Youth in Rural Regions: A Cross-National Qualitative Longitudinal Study in Four Nordic Countries\u003c\/em\u003e (2022-2026). Her research interests include rural youth, qualitative longitudinal research, and history of childhood and youth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIngunn Marie Eriksen \u003c\/strong\u003eis Research Professor at NOVA Norwegian Social Research, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Her primary analytical focus is on young people's diverging life chances through well-being, education, material resources, leisure time and values. Other interests include parenting, class, gender, school environment and mental health. She is the co-editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eNordic Journal for Youth Research\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eJeanette Østergaard \u003c\/strong\u003eis Research Professor at the Rockwool Foundation, Denmark. Her research interests are young people's transition to adulthood as explored from the perspective of everyday life, marginality, and risk behavior (drinking and drug use), often from a longitudinal mixed methods perspective. \n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 313\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53243911274803,"sku":"9789819671267","price":104.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZY-s78Y65F9789819671267.webp?v=1776243373","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/growing-up-rural-qualitative-longitudinal-explorations-of-young-people-living-in-the-nordic-countries-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}