H. Sercombe, YOUTH THEORY - MARX OR FOUCALT - A RESPONSE TO TAIT (REPRINTED FROM YOUTH STUDIES AUSTRALIA, VOL 11, PG 51-54, 1992), Child & youth care forum, 22(2), 1993, pp. 95-102
Responding to Tait (1992), this article applauds Tait's emphasis on th
e importance of theory in our understanding of youth and youth behavio
r. In this context, however, it argues that both the more traditional
and the new perspectives are needed if we are to achieve the needed de
eper and more comprehensive level of understanding.