Robert MacDonald

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Youth transitions to adulthood
Poverty, social exclusion and inequality
Drug use, criminal careers and desistance
Education, un(der)employment and social (im)mobility

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2023
The COVID-19 pandemic and youth in recent, historical perspective: more pressure, more precarity
MacDonald, R., King, H., Murphy, E. C. & Gill, W., 2 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Youth Studies. 18 p.
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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.
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5 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.
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12 Citations (Scopus)
2019
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.
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63 Citations (Scopus)
2017
“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
16 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.
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17 Citations (Scopus)
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. 263-268 6 p.
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46 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
80 Citations (Scopus)
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.
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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
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197 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.
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30 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.
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155 Citations (Scopus)
2009
Young people, class and place
Shildrick, T., Blackman, S. & MacDonald, R., 1 Oct 2009, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 12, 5, p. 457-465 9 p.
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75 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.
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58 Citations (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.
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104 Citations (Scopus)
2006
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
75 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.
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26 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.
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43 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.
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109 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
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79 Citations (Scopus)
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
31 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.
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73 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.
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167 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.
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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.
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8 Citations (Scopus)

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