{"product_id":"the-myth-of-the-age-of-entitlement-millennials-austerity-and-hope-paperback-softback-9781442636378","title":"The Myth of the Age of Entitlement; Millennials, Austerity, and Hope (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442636378","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Myth of the Age of Entitlement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMillennials, Austerity, and Hope\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Cairns (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442636378\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 July 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.33 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Myth of the Age of Entitlement\u003c\/em\u003e helps to puncture the invented entitled status that has been foisted onto millennials and provides an array of examples where millennials are bucking this myth, demanding their democratic entitlements, and telling the Margaret Wentes of the world to STFU (an acronym that Cairns also helpfully spells out on page 133).\" - Nora Loreto, \u003cem\u003eBriarpatch Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are said to be living in the age of entitlement. Scholars and pundits declare that millennials expect special treatment, do whatever they feel like, and think they deserve to have things handed to them. In \u003cem\u003eThe Myth of the Age of Entitlement\u003c\/em\u003e, Cairns peels back the layers of the entitlement myth, exposing its faults and arguing that the majority of millennials are actually \u003cem\u003edis\u003c\/em\u003eentitled, facing bleak economic prospects and potential ecological disaster. Providing insights from millennials rarely profiled in the mainstream media, Cairns redefines entitlement as a fundamental concept for realizing economic and environmental justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Age of Entitlement?\u003cbr\u003e2. Democratic and Oppressive Entitlements\u003cbr\u003e3. Zeroed Down: The Flexible Millennial Worker\u003cbr\u003e4. Austerity U: Teaching and Resisting Disentitlement on Campus\u003cbr\u003e5. Millennial Blowout: Eco-disentitlement versus Ecological Justice\u003cbr\u003e6. Everything for Everybody\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: A Note on Methodology\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588178964760,"sku":"9781442636378","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-myth-of-the-age-of-entitlement-millennials-austerity-and-hope-paperback-softback-9781442636378","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}