Abstract

JIMENEZ-RAMIREZ, Magdalena. "Immigrant youth" in Spain: The complexity of a discursive category for discussion. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2010, vol.8, n.1, pp.363-391. ISSN 1692-715X.

The aim of this article is to propose a theoretical reflection regarding the sociological discourse on youth in the sphere of the social sciences. I present the complexity that exists in the construction of the concept and analyse how the situation is made even more difficult when the analysis focuses on the category of "immigrant youth". This subject is an emerging field of study for research activity, although difficulties exist regarding the construction and definition of the binomial, despite the configuration of the collective and its presence in different social spheres, as I reveal in the presentation of some socio-demographic characteristics of young immigrants in Spain.

Keywords : Youth; theoretical discourse; immigration.

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