List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations

Introduction: Introducing the Lives of Girls in a European Context and Beyond: Agency, Social Vulnerability and Welfare Measures
Linda Arnell and Maria A. Vogel

PART I: AGENCY AND EMBODIMENT: GIRLS GENDERED EXPERIENCES OF VULNERABILITY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Chapter 1. Girlhood and Agency in a Turbulent Society: Russian Girls Caught in the Maze of a Conservative Turn
Olga Zdravomyslova and Elena Onegina

Chapter 2. Just Ordinary: Self-Surveillance in Relation to Gender and (Dis)Ability Norms
Kamilla Peuravaara

Chapter 3. Youth Consumption, Agency and Signs of Girlhood: Rethinking Young Italian Females’ Lifestyles
Geraldina Roberti

Chapter 4. 'Good Girl': Israeli Ethiopian Girls Negotiate Their Blackness
Sigal Oppenhaim-Shachar

Chapter 5. Fighting Like a Boy? Victimization and Agency in the Lives of Young Women Who Offend
Susan A. Batchelor

PART II: TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD: GIRLS' PROSPECTS OF EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILY

Chapter 6. Poor Educational Attainment, Training Opportunities, and Transitions to Adulthood: The Case of Young Spanish Women
Elena Quintana-Murci, María Tugores-Ques and Francesca Salvà-Mut

Chapter 7. Transitions of Young Women from Education to Employment in Croatia: Social Reproduction at Work
Dunja Potocnik

Chapter 8. Study Counselling Experiences and Educational Choice-Making of Girls with Migrant Backgrounds in the Context of Finnish General Upper Secondary Education
Linda Maria Laaksonen, Anna-Maija Niemi and Markku Jahnukainen

Chapter 9. ’We Can’t Keep Her Here, She’s Too Bad’: Understanding the Role of Inclusion Programmes in Working-Class Girls' Post-School Trajectories
Hannah Walters

PART III: SUPPORT AND CONTROL: WELFARE MEASURES HANDLING GIRLS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS

Chapter 10. Becoming a 'Football Girl': On Disidentification and Appropriation of Gender Norms and Hierarchies in Sports-Based Interventions in the Swedish Urban Periphery
Magnus Dahlstedt, David Ekholm and Julia Rönnbäck

Chapter 11. 'Really, I Can Take Care of Myself': Protection and Care in Danish Secure Institutions
Ann-Karina Henriksen

Chapter 12. Girlhood Incarcerated: Perspectives from Secure Care
Annie Crowley, Anna Schliehe and Maria A. Vogel

Conclusion: (How) Can You Live Like a Girl?: Summing Up Differences and Similarities
Maria A. Vogel & Linda Arnell

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Living Like a Girl

Agency, Social Vulnerability and Welfare Measures in Europe and Beyond

Edited by Maria A. Vogel and Linda Arnell

266 pages, bibliog., index

ISBN 978-1-80073-147-9 Hb Published (August 2021)

eISBN 978-1-80073-148-6 eBook

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“This collection truly captures what it means to live like a girl in contemporary Europe, and it is sure to be a key resource for scholars working in the area for years to come.” • Fiona Vera-Gray, Durham University

In recent decades, large-scale social changes have taken place in Europe. Ranging from neoliberal social policies to globalization and the growth of EU, these changes have significantly affected the conditions in which girls shape their lives. Living Like a Girl explores the relationship between changing social conditions and girls’ agency, with a particular focus on social services such as school programs and compulsory institutional care. The contributions in this collected volume seek to expand our understanding of contemporary European girlhood by demonstrating how social problems are managed in different cultural contexts, political and social systems.

Maria A. Vogel has a PhD in Social work and is director of research at a municipal Research and Development unit in Stockholm, Sweden. Her main research areas are young people with psychosocial problems, and secure care. An overall theme in her research is the role of gender in young people’s lives and development, with a special interest in teenage girls and the construction of girlhood.

Linda Arnell, has a PhD in social work and is a researcher at the School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, Sweden. Her research interests include gender, youth and emotions, with an emphasis on the construction of girlhood and children’s and young people’s perspectives on violence, abuse and social relations.

Series: Volume 3, Transnational Girlhoods

Subject: Gender Studies and Sexuality Sociology Cultural Studies (General)

Area: Europe

LC: HQ777 .L578 2021

BISAC: SOC032000 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Gender Studies; SOC028000 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Women's Studies; SOC047000 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Children's Studies

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Living Like a Girl

Agency, Social Vulnerability and Welfare Measures in Europe and Beyond

Edited by Maria A. Vogel and Linda Arnell

Series: Volume 3, Transnational Girlhoods

Subject: Gender Studies and Sexuality Sociology Cultural Studies (General)

Area: Europe

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Living Like a Girl

Agency, Social Vulnerability and Welfare Measures in Europe and Beyond

Edited by Maria A. Vogel and Linda Arnell

Series: Volume 3, Transnational Girlhoods

Subject: Gender Studies and Sexuality Sociology Cultural Studies (General)

Area: Europe