Robert MacDonald

2021

Looking South: What can Youth Studies in the Global North learn from research on youth and policy in the Middle East and North African countries?

MacDonald, R. & King, H., 1 Jun 2021, In: Meditteranean Politics. 26, 3, p. 285-307 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

2020

‘Cycles of disadvantage’ revisited: young people, families and poverty across generations

MacDonald, R., Shildrick, T. & Furlong, A., 2 Jan 2020, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 23, 1, p. 12-27 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

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2 Citations (Scopus)

2019

The Future of Youth Research and the Journal of Youth Studies: Editorial Statement, January 2019

MacDonald, R., Shildrick, T. & Woodman, D., 1 Jan 2019, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 22, 1, p. 1-6 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

6 Citations (Scopus)

Youth, enterprise, and precarity: or, what is, and what is wrong with, the ‘gig economy’?

MacDonald, R. & Giazitzoglu, A., 1 Dec 2019, In: Journal of Sociology. 55, 4, p. 724-740 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

File

22 Citations (Scopus)

2018

Biography, History and Place: Understanding Youth Transitions in Teeside

MacDonald, R. & Shildrick, T., 2018, Transitions to Adulthood through Recession: Youth and Inequality in a European Comparative Perspective. Irwin, S. & Nilsen, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, p. 74-96 23 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

5 Citations (Scopus)

2017

Foreword

MacDonald, R., 28 Jun 2017, Youth Marginality in Britain: Contemporary Studies of Austerity. Blackman, S. & Rogers, R. (eds.). Policy Press, p. xii-xx 7 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript › peer-review

Marginalization, Young People in the South and East Mediterranean, and Policy: An Analysis of Young People’s Experiences of Marginalization

Calder, M. D., MacDonald, R., Mikhael, D., Murphy, E. C. & Phoenix, J., May 2017, 33 p.

Research output: Working paper

Open Access

“Impact”, Research and Slaying Zombies: The Pressures and Possibilities of the REF

MacDonald, R., 1 Jan 2017, In: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 37, 11-12, p. 696-710 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

2016

Not Single Spies But in Battalions: A Critical, Sociological Engagement with the Idea of So-Called ‘Troubled Families’

MacDonald, R., Shildrick, T. & Furlong, A., 1 Nov 2016, In: Sociological Review. 64, 4, p. 821-836 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

12 Citations (Scopus)

Precarious Work: The Growing Précarité of Youth

MacDonald, R., 14 Oct 2016, Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood. Furlong, A. (ed.). 2nd ed. Taylor and Francis, p. 156-163 8 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

9 Citations (Scopus)

2015

Book review: John Welshman (2013), Underclass: A History of the Excluded since 1880

Macdonald, R., Jan 2015, In: Journal of Social Policy. 44, 1, p. 198-200 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Dance Article review › peer-review

2014

'Benefit Street' and the Myth of Workless Communities

MacDonald, R., Shildrick, T. & Furlong, A., 1 Sep 2014, In: Sociological Research Online. 19, 3, p. 1-6 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

42 Citations (Scopus)

In Search of 'Intergenerational Cultures of Worklessness': Hunting the Yeti and Shooting Zombies

Macdonald, R., Shildrick, T. & Furlong, A., 1 May 2014, In: Critical Social Policy. 34, 2, p. 199-220 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

62 Citations (Scopus)

Welfare Dependency

MacDonald, R., 2014, Shades of Deviance: A Primer on Crime, Deviance and Social Harm. Atkinson, R. (ed.). 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, p. 128-132 5 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2013

Introduction for Special Section of Sociological Research Online: The Marginalised Mainstream: Making Sense of the ‘Missing Middle’ of Youth Studies

MacDonald, R. & Roberts, S., 28 Feb 2013, In: Sociological Research Online. 18, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

17 Citations (Scopus)

Poverty talk: how people experiencing poverty deny their poverty and why they blame ‘the poor’

MacDonald, R., 2013, In: Sociological Review. 61, 2, p. 285-303

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

159 Citations (Scopus)

Youth and Wellbeing: Experiencing Bereavement and Ill Health in Marginalised Young People's Transitions

Macdonald, R. & Shildrick, T., Jan 2013, In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 35, 1, p. 147-161 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

25 Citations (Scopus)

2012

Poverty and Insecurity: Life in Low-Pay, No-pay Britain

Shildrick, T., MacDonald, R., Webster, C. & Garthwaite, K., 19 Dec 2012, Bristol: Policy Press. 264 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

Stress and Mental Health in Adolescence: Interrelationship and time trends

Hagell, A., Sandberg, S. & MacDonald, R., 15 Mar 2012, Changing adolescence: Social trends and mental health. Hagell, A. (ed.). Policy Press, p. 27-46 20 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

2011

Youth Transitions, Unemployment and Underemployment: Plus ça Change, Plus c'est la Même Chose?

MacDonald, R., 1 Dec 2011, In: Journal of Sociology. 47, 4, p. 427-444 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

135 Citations (Scopus)

2010

Paths of Exclusion, Inclusion, and Desistance: Understanding Marginalised Young People's Criminal Careers

MacDonald, R., Webster, C., Shildrick, T. & Simpson, M., Dec 2010, Escape Routes: Contemporary Perspectives on Life after Punishment. Farrall, S., Sparks, R., Maruna, S. & Hough, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 134-157 24 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

12 Citations (Scopus)

2007

Biographies of exclusion: poor work and poor transitions

Shildrick, T. & MacDonald, R., 16 Oct 2007, In: International Journal of Lifelong Education. 26, 5, p. 589-604 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

49 Citations (Scopus)

Social Exclusion, Youth Transitions and Criminal Careers: Five Critical Reflections on ‘Risk’

MacDonald, R., Apr 2007, Pathways and Crime Prevention: Theory, Policy and Practice. France, A. & Homel, R. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 110-127 18 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

Street Corner Society: Leisure Careers, Youth (Sub)Culture and Social Exclusion

MacDonald, R. & Shildrick, T., 11 Jun 2007, In: Leisure Studies. 26, 3, p. 339-355 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

92 Citations (Scopus)

2006

In Defence of Subculture: Young People, Leisure and Social Divisions

Shildrick, T. & MacDonald, R., 2006, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 9, 2, p. 125-140 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

167 Citations (Scopus)

Predicting Criminality? Risk Factors, Neighbourhood Influence and Desistance

Webster, C., Macdonald, R. & Simpson, M., 1 Apr 2006, In: Youth Justice. 6, 1, p. 7-22 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

71 Citations (Scopus)

Social exclusion, youth transitions and criminal careers: Five critical reflections on 'risk'

MacDonald, R., 1 Dec 2006, In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology. 39, 3, p. 371-383 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

23 Citations (Scopus)

2005

Disconnected Youth? Growing Up in Britain's Poor Neighbourhoods

MacDonald, R. & Marsh, J., Aug 2005, Palgrave Macmillan. 264 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

273 Citations (Scopus)

Growing Up in Poor Neighbourhoods: The Significance of Class and Place in the Extended Transitions of 'Socially Excluded' Young Adults

MacDonald, R., Shildrick, T., Webster, C. & Simpson, D., 1 Dec 2005, In: Sociology. 39, 5, p. 873-891 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

238 Citations (Scopus)

2004

Missing School: Educational Engagement, Youth Transitions, and Social Exclusion

MacDonald, R. & Marsh, J., 1 Dec 2004, In: Youth and Society. 36, 2, p. 143-162 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

37 Citations (Scopus)

2002

Crossing the Rubicon: Youth Transitions, Poverty, Drugs and Social Exclusion

MacDonald, R. & Marsh, J., May 2002, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 13, 1, p. 27-38 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

98 Citations (Scopus)

2001

Snakes & Ladders: In Defence of Studies of Youth Transition

MacDonald, R., Mason, P., Shildrick, T., Webster, C., Johnston, L. & Ridley, L., 28 Feb 2001, In: Sociological Research Online. 5, 4, p. 1-13

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

71 Citations (Scopus)

1999

Upwards and Onwards for the Unemployed?

MacDonald, R., Sep 1999, In: Work, Employment and Society. 13, 3, p. 559-562 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

1996

Labours of Love: Voluntary Working in a Depressed Local Economy

Macdonald, R., Jan 1996, In: Journal of Social Policy. 25, 1, p. 19-38 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

30 Citations (Scopus)

Welfare Dependency, the Enterprise Culture and Self-Employed Survival

MacDonald, R., 1 Sep 1996, In: Work, Employment and Society. 10, 3, p. 431-447 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

70 Citations (Scopus)

1994

Fiddly Jobs, Undeclared Work and the Something for Nothing Society

MacDonald, R., 1 Dec 1994, In: Work Employment & Society. 8, 4, p. 507-530 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

159 Citations (Scopus)

1993

Young People and Training Credits: An Early Exploration

Macdonald, R. & Coffield, F., 1993, In: British Journal of Education & Work. 6, 1, p. 5-21 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

1991

Risky business? Youth in the enterprise culture

Macdonald, R., 1991, In: Journal of Education Policy. 6, 3, p. 255-269 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

6 Citations (Scopus)

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