Jana Riess
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- August 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780190885205
- eISBN:
- 9780190938277
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190885205.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
American Millennials—the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s—have been leaving organized religion in unprecedented numbers. For a long time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was an ...
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American Millennials—the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s—have been leaving organized religion in unprecedented numbers. For a long time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was an exception: nearly three-quarters of people who grew up Mormon stayed that way into adulthood. This book demonstrates that things are starting to change. Drawing on a large-scale national study of four generations of current and former Mormons as well as dozens of in-depth personal interviews, the text explores the religious beliefs and behaviors of young adult Mormons, finding that while their levels of belief remain strong, their institutional loyalties are less certain than their parents' and grandparents'. For a growing number of Millennials, the tensions between the Church's conservative ideals and their generation's commitment to individualism and pluralism prove too high, causing them to leave the faith—often experiencing deep personal anguish in the process. Those who remain within the fold are attempting to carefully balance the Church's strong emphasis on the traditional family with their generation's more inclusive definition that celebrates same-sex couples and women's equality. Mormon families are changing too. More Mormons are remaining single, parents are having fewer children, and more women are working outside the home than a generation ago.Less
American Millennials—the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s—have been leaving organized religion in unprecedented numbers. For a long time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was an exception: nearly three-quarters of people who grew up Mormon stayed that way into adulthood. This book demonstrates that things are starting to change. Drawing on a large-scale national study of four generations of current and former Mormons as well as dozens of in-depth personal interviews, the text explores the religious beliefs and behaviors of young adult Mormons, finding that while their levels of belief remain strong, their institutional loyalties are less certain than their parents' and grandparents'. For a growing number of Millennials, the tensions between the Church's conservative ideals and their generation's commitment to individualism and pluralism prove too high, causing them to leave the faith—often experiencing deep personal anguish in the process. Those who remain within the fold are attempting to carefully balance the Church's strong emphasis on the traditional family with their generation's more inclusive definition that celebrates same-sex couples and women's equality. Mormon families are changing too. More Mormons are remaining single, parents are having fewer children, and more women are working outside the home than a generation ago.
Phyllis Moen
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199357277
- eISBN:
- 9780199357314
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199357277.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gerontology and Ageing, Occupations, Professions, and Work
This book describes a new life stage, encore adulthood, sandwiched between conventional adulthood—traditional careers and childrearing—and conventional old age. A time of varied paths in work, ...
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This book describes a new life stage, encore adulthood, sandwiched between conventional adulthood—traditional careers and childrearing—and conventional old age. A time of varied paths in work, retirement, family care, or civic engagement, this stage is made possible by medical advances and lifestyle changes improving population health and longevity. The encore adult years occur around ages 55 to 75, as Boomers begin to think about second acts. Twenty-first-century life in North America and Europe is changing in remarkable ways—characterized by the book’s four key themes: First are similarities in changes at both ends of adulthood, emerging adulthood and encore adulthood. Both Millennials and Boomers are without scripts for what’s next. Second, these times of rapid social, economic, and technological changes enable people to experiment, opening up opportunities for some to fashion new ways of working and living. Third, opportunities for renewal and heightened risks are unequally distributed; education, class, gender, race, and age expand or narrow life chances and life quality. Fourth is the distinctly gendered life courses of women and men, with financial, physical, and emotional well-being implications. The book is divided into three sections, each representing one of three research, policy, and action agendas: first is recognizing institutional inertia, and the outdatedness of contemporary career, retirement and life-course templates. Second is supporting Boomers’ time-shifting improvisations, their alternative pathways. Third is institutional work, including social innovations in language, customs, and policies opening up varied and customized career, retirement, and life-course paths.Less
This book describes a new life stage, encore adulthood, sandwiched between conventional adulthood—traditional careers and childrearing—and conventional old age. A time of varied paths in work, retirement, family care, or civic engagement, this stage is made possible by medical advances and lifestyle changes improving population health and longevity. The encore adult years occur around ages 55 to 75, as Boomers begin to think about second acts. Twenty-first-century life in North America and Europe is changing in remarkable ways—characterized by the book’s four key themes: First are similarities in changes at both ends of adulthood, emerging adulthood and encore adulthood. Both Millennials and Boomers are without scripts for what’s next. Second, these times of rapid social, economic, and technological changes enable people to experiment, opening up opportunities for some to fashion new ways of working and living. Third, opportunities for renewal and heightened risks are unequally distributed; education, class, gender, race, and age expand or narrow life chances and life quality. Fourth is the distinctly gendered life courses of women and men, with financial, physical, and emotional well-being implications. The book is divided into three sections, each representing one of three research, policy, and action agendas: first is recognizing institutional inertia, and the outdatedness of contemporary career, retirement and life-course templates. Second is supporting Boomers’ time-shifting improvisations, their alternative pathways. Third is institutional work, including social innovations in language, customs, and policies opening up varied and customized career, retirement, and life-course paths.
Robert W. Poole Jr.
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780226557571
- eISBN:
- 9780226557601
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226557601.003.0011
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Public and Welfare
Four main arguments have suggested that highways will or should play a smaller role in coming decades. Millennials are claimed to be abandoning car ownership. Autonomous vehicles are seen as leading ...
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Four main arguments have suggested that highways will or should play a smaller role in coming decades. Millennials are claimed to be abandoning car ownership. Autonomous vehicles are seen as leading to ownership by fleets rather than individuals (and hence less driving). The need to reduce carbon emissions is seen by some as contrary to highway expansion, as is the idea that Smart Growth should become the model for metro areas, to minimize driving. This chapter reviews the implications for highways of these concerns.Less
Four main arguments have suggested that highways will or should play a smaller role in coming decades. Millennials are claimed to be abandoning car ownership. Autonomous vehicles are seen as leading to ownership by fleets rather than individuals (and hence less driving). The need to reduce carbon emissions is seen by some as contrary to highway expansion, as is the idea that Smart Growth should become the model for metro areas, to minimize driving. This chapter reviews the implications for highways of these concerns.
Gary S. Cross
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780226341644
- eISBN:
- 9780226341781
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226341781.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Despite the vast increase in automobility everywhere, the American obsession with cars still stands out. Yet, despite the multicar household, with vehicles aplenty for teens, the lure of the ...
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Despite the vast increase in automobility everywhere, the American obsession with cars still stands out. Yet, despite the multicar household, with vehicles aplenty for teens, the lure of the automobile as a transition to adulthood seems to be in decline. By 2005, reports of delay in teen applications for driver’s licenses were common. The Recession of 2008, increased youth unemployment, and education costs, along with higher car prices provide an economic explanation. And, public pressure, backed up by new legislation, made getting the once coveted license at 16 far more difficult. The acquisition of mechanical skills, long the hallmark of the transition from boy to man--especially in the working class—has declined with the computerization of vehicles. Teens today also have substituted digital or “virtual” liberation from the constraints of family for the old mechanical/physical freedom with the car. And liberation from elders has come earlier with the smartphone. Yet not all agree that growing up with cars is over. Millennials especially note the persistence of auto enthusiasm in their generation and insist that their car culture is simply being ignored by self-absorbed elders, unable to look beyond their own youth of Deuce Coups and GTOs.Less
Despite the vast increase in automobility everywhere, the American obsession with cars still stands out. Yet, despite the multicar household, with vehicles aplenty for teens, the lure of the automobile as a transition to adulthood seems to be in decline. By 2005, reports of delay in teen applications for driver’s licenses were common. The Recession of 2008, increased youth unemployment, and education costs, along with higher car prices provide an economic explanation. And, public pressure, backed up by new legislation, made getting the once coveted license at 16 far more difficult. The acquisition of mechanical skills, long the hallmark of the transition from boy to man--especially in the working class—has declined with the computerization of vehicles. Teens today also have substituted digital or “virtual” liberation from the constraints of family for the old mechanical/physical freedom with the car. And liberation from elders has come earlier with the smartphone. Yet not all agree that growing up with cars is over. Millennials especially note the persistence of auto enthusiasm in their generation and insist that their car culture is simply being ignored by self-absorbed elders, unable to look beyond their own youth of Deuce Coups and GTOs.
Vern L. Bengtson
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199948659
- eISBN:
- 9780199369867
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199948659.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Few things are more likely to cause heartache for devout parents than seeing their child leave the faith. And it seems, from media portrayals, that this is happening more and more frequently. But is ...
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Few things are more likely to cause heartache for devout parents than seeing their child leave the faith. And it seems, from media portrayals, that this is happening more and more frequently. But is religious change between generations common? How does religion get passed down from one generation to the next? Families and Faith seeks to answer these questions and many more. For almost four decades, Vern Bengtson and his colleagues have been conducting the largest-ever study of religion and families across generations. Through war and social upheaval, depression and technological revolution, they have followed more than 350 multigenerational families with more than 3,500 individuals whose lives span more than a century—from the World War I Generation to the Millennials-to find out how religion is, or is not, passed down from grandparents to parents to youth. What they found surprised them. Despite enormous changes in American society, a child is actually more likely to remain within the fold than leave it, and even the nonreligious, such as atheists, are more likely to follow their parents’ example than to rebel. A crucial factor in whether a child keeps the faith is the father’s warmth; parental piety cannot make up for a devout but distant dad. Families and Faith offers a fascinating exploration of what allows a family to pass on its most deeply held tradition—its faith.Less
Few things are more likely to cause heartache for devout parents than seeing their child leave the faith. And it seems, from media portrayals, that this is happening more and more frequently. But is religious change between generations common? How does religion get passed down from one generation to the next? Families and Faith seeks to answer these questions and many more. For almost four decades, Vern Bengtson and his colleagues have been conducting the largest-ever study of religion and families across generations. Through war and social upheaval, depression and technological revolution, they have followed more than 350 multigenerational families with more than 3,500 individuals whose lives span more than a century—from the World War I Generation to the Millennials-to find out how religion is, or is not, passed down from grandparents to parents to youth. What they found surprised them. Despite enormous changes in American society, a child is actually more likely to remain within the fold than leave it, and even the nonreligious, such as atheists, are more likely to follow their parents’ example than to rebel. A crucial factor in whether a child keeps the faith is the father’s warmth; parental piety cannot make up for a devout but distant dad. Families and Faith offers a fascinating exploration of what allows a family to pass on its most deeply held tradition—its faith.
James E. Coverdill and William Finlay
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781501702808
- eISBN:
- 9781501713996
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501702808.003.0007
- Subject:
- Sociology, Occupations, Professions, and Work
This chapter discusses how headhunting has evolved as an occupation. Headhunting is an accidental rather than aspirational occupation—it is one that people enter as the result of an event that ...
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This chapter discusses how headhunting has evolved as an occupation. Headhunting is an accidental rather than aspirational occupation—it is one that people enter as the result of an event that triggers a reappraisal of their careers or lives. It is also an occupation that is continuing to evolve as the labor market and recruiting environment change. The chapter examines (1) the various routes into this accidental occupation, (2) the technological and social changes that are changing headhunting, and (3) the different strategies that headhunters have developed for dealing with these changes, including specialization, separating the sourcing of prospects from their recruiting, and forming strategic partnerships with clients.Less
This chapter discusses how headhunting has evolved as an occupation. Headhunting is an accidental rather than aspirational occupation—it is one that people enter as the result of an event that triggers a reappraisal of their careers or lives. It is also an occupation that is continuing to evolve as the labor market and recruiting environment change. The chapter examines (1) the various routes into this accidental occupation, (2) the technological and social changes that are changing headhunting, and (3) the different strategies that headhunters have developed for dealing with these changes, including specialization, separating the sourcing of prospects from their recruiting, and forming strategic partnerships with clients.
Adriane Bilous
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199329533
- eISBN:
- 9780199369379
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199329533.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter explores current activism amongst evangelical millennials who are showing greater interest in socially conscious endeavors ranging from international social justice to local anti-poverty ...
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This chapter explores current activism amongst evangelical millennials who are showing greater interest in socially conscious endeavors ranging from international social justice to local anti-poverty campaigns– groups often associated with left-leaning interests and not older evangelical activists’ political activism. These shifts are particularly evident in young evangelical women’s activism. In this chapter, I consider what sources these young women draw on to legitimize activist pursuits and the ways in which they resolve potential intergenerational tensions resulting from these new activist identities and causes. Preliminary findings suggest a new phenomenon in which young evangelical women resolve these issues by rejecting the “evangelical label.” Also, I find that these young women strive to carve out a niche within US evangelicalism – specifically engaging its views on female empowerment. Central to this engagement is the creation of a “servant-activist” identity - highlighting a meaningful way in which these women negotiate potential tensions that arise between traditional evangelical gender roles and new activist interests. My chapter draws on interview data gathered from evangelical women activists in New York City from 2010 to 2012.Less
This chapter explores current activism amongst evangelical millennials who are showing greater interest in socially conscious endeavors ranging from international social justice to local anti-poverty campaigns– groups often associated with left-leaning interests and not older evangelical activists’ political activism. These shifts are particularly evident in young evangelical women’s activism. In this chapter, I consider what sources these young women draw on to legitimize activist pursuits and the ways in which they resolve potential intergenerational tensions resulting from these new activist identities and causes. Preliminary findings suggest a new phenomenon in which young evangelical women resolve these issues by rejecting the “evangelical label.” Also, I find that these young women strive to carve out a niche within US evangelicalism – specifically engaging its views on female empowerment. Central to this engagement is the creation of a “servant-activist” identity - highlighting a meaningful way in which these women negotiate potential tensions that arise between traditional evangelical gender roles and new activist interests. My chapter draws on interview data gathered from evangelical women activists in New York City from 2010 to 2012.
Vern L. Bengtson, Norella M. Putney, and Susan C. Harris
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199948659
- eISBN:
- 9780199369867
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199948659.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Are there generational differences in religion? Do Millennial youth have perceptions of religion and God that are distinctive from Generation Xers or Baby Boomers? This study found generational ...
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Are there generational differences in religion? Do Millennial youth have perceptions of religion and God that are distinctive from Generation Xers or Baby Boomers? This study found generational differences in views of God and in expressions of spirituality and trends across time that were gradual, starting in one age cohort and slowly developing through time. One trend involved an increasing internalization, or de-objectifying, of God with each successive cohort. The oldest—the WWI and the Depression Era generation respondents—described an all-powerful Heavenly Father evident in nature and “out there.” But Millennials portrayed a more personal, accessible God residing within the human spirit. Another generational trend reflected an increasing separation of religious practice from traditional church worship and religion. The growing emphasis on spirituality, first described by Early Boomers, increasingly separated devotional practices from religious institutions for a growing number of Gen Xers and Millennials who said they were “spiritual but not religious.”Less
Are there generational differences in religion? Do Millennial youth have perceptions of religion and God that are distinctive from Generation Xers or Baby Boomers? This study found generational differences in views of God and in expressions of spirituality and trends across time that were gradual, starting in one age cohort and slowly developing through time. One trend involved an increasing internalization, or de-objectifying, of God with each successive cohort. The oldest—the WWI and the Depression Era generation respondents—described an all-powerful Heavenly Father evident in nature and “out there.” But Millennials portrayed a more personal, accessible God residing within the human spirit. Another generational trend reflected an increasing separation of religious practice from traditional church worship and religion. The growing emphasis on spirituality, first described by Early Boomers, increasingly separated devotional practices from religious institutions for a growing number of Gen Xers and Millennials who said they were “spiritual but not religious.”
Russell J. Dalton
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- November 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198733607
- eISBN:
- 9780191797989
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198733607.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
Political scientists debate whether the Millennial generation is disengaging from politics in contemporary democracies. The ISSP surveys show that the generational decline in participation is largely ...
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Political scientists debate whether the Millennial generation is disengaging from politics in contemporary democracies. The ISSP surveys show that the generational decline in participation is largely limited to voting and other forms of partisan activity. At the same time, younger citizens are often more engaged in non-electoral activities, such as direct action, protest, and online participation. Time-series data for the United States disentangles the effects of life-cycle changes and generations. More recent generations display a clear decline in voting across the 1967–2014 period. In contrast, life-cycle increases in participation are more common for non-electoral activity. Both factors influence participation but in contrasting ways for different modes of action.Less
Political scientists debate whether the Millennial generation is disengaging from politics in contemporary democracies. The ISSP surveys show that the generational decline in participation is largely limited to voting and other forms of partisan activity. At the same time, younger citizens are often more engaged in non-electoral activities, such as direct action, protest, and online participation. Time-series data for the United States disentangles the effects of life-cycle changes and generations. More recent generations display a clear decline in voting across the 1967–2014 period. In contrast, life-cycle increases in participation are more common for non-electoral activity. Both factors influence participation but in contrasting ways for different modes of action.
Linda A. Mercadante
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199931002
- eISBN:
- 9780199367467
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199931002.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The interviewees are categorized according to age cohorts and types. Although there were few “nones” who volunteered to be interviewed from “The Greatest Generation” (1901?1924), there were many ...
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The interviewees are categorized according to age cohorts and types. Although there were few “nones” who volunteered to be interviewed from “The Greatest Generation” (1901?1924), there were many women and men who came forward from “The Silent Generation” (1925?1945), “The Baby Boomers” (1946?1964), “Gen X” (1965?1981), and “Millennials” (born after 1981). The most enthusiastic interviewees were Baby Boomers and women. Cutting across the generations were five distinct types: Dissenters (those who object to specific doctrines or practices in religion and have either left or drifted away), Casuals (those who take spirituality and religion on an “as-needed” basis), Explorers (those who have a spiritual “wanderlust,” like spiritual tourists), Seekers (those who are looking for a more or less permanent spiritual home), and Immigrants (those who are trying out a new religion or spirituality but, like immigrants, may be having difficulty adjusting). Examples and many illustrative quotes from each generation and type are given.Less
The interviewees are categorized according to age cohorts and types. Although there were few “nones” who volunteered to be interviewed from “The Greatest Generation” (1901?1924), there were many women and men who came forward from “The Silent Generation” (1925?1945), “The Baby Boomers” (1946?1964), “Gen X” (1965?1981), and “Millennials” (born after 1981). The most enthusiastic interviewees were Baby Boomers and women. Cutting across the generations were five distinct types: Dissenters (those who object to specific doctrines or practices in religion and have either left or drifted away), Casuals (those who take spirituality and religion on an “as-needed” basis), Explorers (those who have a spiritual “wanderlust,” like spiritual tourists), Seekers (those who are looking for a more or less permanent spiritual home), and Immigrants (those who are trying out a new religion or spirituality but, like immigrants, may be having difficulty adjusting). Examples and many illustrative quotes from each generation and type are given.
Stephen L. Deschenes and P. Brett Hammond
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- October 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780198845553
- eISBN:
- 9780191880728
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198845553.003.0010
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Pensions and Pension Management, Innovation
The financial services industry is changing rapidly with the arrival of new economies of scale and networking effects attributable to FinTech, particularly via online or ‘robo’ advice. This chapter ...
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The financial services industry is changing rapidly with the arrival of new economies of scale and networking effects attributable to FinTech, particularly via online or ‘robo’ advice. This chapter reviews the ‘robo-experience:’ how does it differ, if at all, from more traditional advice, and what is likely to happen next? After reviewing the goals and objectives of robo-advice, evolving advice models, who uses robo-advice, and investor behavior, we conclude that first adopters tend to be more affluent Millennial investors, as well as others seeking fast, mobile, and easy access to their finances. Nevertheless, though robo-advice has promised much, evidence is thin on the actual effects of using advice, such as changes in asset allocation and long-term effects on financial security.Less
The financial services industry is changing rapidly with the arrival of new economies of scale and networking effects attributable to FinTech, particularly via online or ‘robo’ advice. This chapter reviews the ‘robo-experience:’ how does it differ, if at all, from more traditional advice, and what is likely to happen next? After reviewing the goals and objectives of robo-advice, evolving advice models, who uses robo-advice, and investor behavior, we conclude that first adopters tend to be more affluent Millennial investors, as well as others seeking fast, mobile, and easy access to their finances. Nevertheless, though robo-advice has promised much, evidence is thin on the actual effects of using advice, such as changes in asset allocation and long-term effects on financial security.
Barbara J. Risman
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- March 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780199324385
- eISBN:
- 9780190846794
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199324385.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
This is the first data chapter. In this chapter, respondents who are described as true believers in the gender structure, and essentialist gender differences are introduced and their interviews ...
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This is the first data chapter. In this chapter, respondents who are described as true believers in the gender structure, and essentialist gender differences are introduced and their interviews analyzed. They are true believers because, at the macro level, they believe in a gender ideology where women and men should be different and accept rules and requirements that enforce gender differentiation and even sex segregation in social life. In addition, at the interactional level, these Millennials report having been shaped by their parent’s traditional expectations and they similarly feel justified to impose gendered expectations on those in their own social networks. At the individual level, they have internalized masculinity or femininity, and embody it in how they present themselves to the world. They try hard to “do gender” traditionally.Less
This is the first data chapter. In this chapter, respondents who are described as true believers in the gender structure, and essentialist gender differences are introduced and their interviews analyzed. They are true believers because, at the macro level, they believe in a gender ideology where women and men should be different and accept rules and requirements that enforce gender differentiation and even sex segregation in social life. In addition, at the interactional level, these Millennials report having been shaped by their parent’s traditional expectations and they similarly feel justified to impose gendered expectations on those in their own social networks. At the individual level, they have internalized masculinity or femininity, and embody it in how they present themselves to the world. They try hard to “do gender” traditionally.
Alan Treadgold and Jonathan Reynolds
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198745754
- eISBN:
- 9780191808180
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198745754.003.0002
- Subject:
- Business and Management, International Business
This chapter considers the ways in which the landscape for shopper engagement with retail enterprises is being changed fundamentally and the opportunities and challenges which this represents for ...
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This chapter considers the ways in which the landscape for shopper engagement with retail enterprises is being changed fundamentally and the opportunities and challenges which this represents for retailers. A framework is presented that defines four different types of shoppers. How shoppers now wish to engage with retail enterprises is discussed. The importance of social media in shopper decision-making is discussed. Particular attention is given to the characteristics of the Millennial shopper. The notion of new engagement options and opportunities for retail enterprises is discussed. Differences between the so-called Mature and Emerging markets are reviewed. A case study is presented of the Millennial shopper in China.Less
This chapter considers the ways in which the landscape for shopper engagement with retail enterprises is being changed fundamentally and the opportunities and challenges which this represents for retailers. A framework is presented that defines four different types of shoppers. How shoppers now wish to engage with retail enterprises is discussed. The importance of social media in shopper decision-making is discussed. Particular attention is given to the characteristics of the Millennial shopper. The notion of new engagement options and opportunities for retail enterprises is discussed. Differences between the so-called Mature and Emerging markets are reviewed. A case study is presented of the Millennial shopper in China.
Daniel Hart and James Youniss
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- December 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780190641481
- eISBN:
- 9780190641504
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190641481.003.0003
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology
Characterizing historical cohorts as endowed with distinctive features arising from broad historical forces is useful for some analytic purposes but obscures important differences among individuals ...
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Characterizing historical cohorts as endowed with distinctive features arising from broad historical forces is useful for some analytic purposes but obscures important differences among individuals in a cohort as well as the openness to change. Today’s young people—the millennials—are stereotyped as uninterested in work and traditional political activity. We review research that illuminates the responsiveness of youth to occupational and civic opportunity and conclude that millennials can become the citizens needed to improve American civic life.Less
Characterizing historical cohorts as endowed with distinctive features arising from broad historical forces is useful for some analytic purposes but obscures important differences among individuals in a cohort as well as the openness to change. Today’s young people—the millennials—are stereotyped as uninterested in work and traditional political activity. We review research that illuminates the responsiveness of youth to occupational and civic opportunity and conclude that millennials can become the citizens needed to improve American civic life.
Nancy Whittier
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- August 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190886172
- eISBN:
- 9780190911843
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190886172.003.0011
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
The anti-Trump Resistance involves activists from an unusually wide range of political and chronological generations: movement veterans from the 1960s and 1970s, Generation X activists politicized in ...
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The anti-Trump Resistance involves activists from an unusually wide range of political and chronological generations: movement veterans from the 1960s and 1970s, Generation X activists politicized in the 1980s and 1990s, Millennials who entered activism in the 2000s, and newcomers of all ages. Political generations differ in worldview based on both age and time of entry into activism. Generational spillover—the mutual influence, difference, and conflict among political generations—includes explicit attempts to teach organizing, and indirect influences on frames, organizational structures, tactics, ideologies, and goals. This chapter discusses generational spillover in the Resistance, including transmission and conflict.Less
The anti-Trump Resistance involves activists from an unusually wide range of political and chronological generations: movement veterans from the 1960s and 1970s, Generation X activists politicized in the 1980s and 1990s, Millennials who entered activism in the 2000s, and newcomers of all ages. Political generations differ in worldview based on both age and time of entry into activism. Generational spillover—the mutual influence, difference, and conflict among political generations—includes explicit attempts to teach organizing, and indirect influences on frames, organizational structures, tactics, ideologies, and goals. This chapter discusses generational spillover in the Resistance, including transmission and conflict.
