Blaming the Baby Boomers does today’s young people no favours

Bristow, J. (2015) Blaming the Baby Boomers does today’s young people no favours. The Conversation.

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Abstract

One of the nastiest narratives to have developed over the past decade is that of “boomer blaming”, where the alleged good fortunes of the generation born in the 20 years or so after World War II (definitions of the boomer generation vary, often according to what it is being blamed for) are presented as the cause of myriad social problems.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences > School of Psychology, Politics and Sociology
Depositing User:	Jennie Bristow
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2015 15:20
Last Modified:	28 Jan 2016 11:29
URI:	https://create.canterbury.ac.uk/id/eprint/14004

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