Rachel Brooks
Rachel Brooks
Rachel Brooks is Reader in Social Policy at the University of Surrey, co-convenor of the British Sociological Association�s Youth Study Group and co-editor of the International Journal of Lifelong Education. Her research focuses on young people�s experiences of education and training, and on the political participation of the young. She has recently edited (with Paul Hodkinson) a special issue of the Journal of Youth Studies on �Young People, New Technologies and Political Engagement� (published in September 2008) and (with John Holford) a special issue of Citizenship Studies on �Citizenship, Learning and Education� (to be published in April 2009).
Department of Political International and Policy Studies
University of Surrey, Guildford
GU2 7XH
United Kingdom
Email: r.brooks@surrey.ac.uk