![]() ![]() They explained how these events have changed the experiences and roles associated with specific periods and ages in people's lives. ![]() ![]() Many of the young people we spoke to in Lebanon expressed the feeling of “not having had a childhood” or youth because of political violence and displacement. Accordingly, we set out to understand with the young research participants how they themselves define youth and how they situate themselves in these categories. Instead, we engage with a more complex notion of youth transitions and of youth as carrying a socially-constructed meaning. Prescriptive linear models and generic age-based approaches are insufficient for understanding the meaning of youth. The official Lebanese definition of youth – 15 - 29 years old – is our starting point however, ‘youth’ is a contested category. ![]()
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