Young people and contradictions of inclusion critically assesses policies addressing young people's transitions from school to employment. It presents and discusses the findings of seven EU-funded projects involving 13 countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Using a biographical approach, this book:·[ vbTab]integrates the perspectives of social policy, sociology, youth and transition research, and education and labour market research;·[ vbTab]compares policy and practice in a variety of European national contexts;·[ vbTab]explores the dilemmas of policies for the inclusion of young people;·[ vbTab]suggests that a holistic Integrated Transition Policy, which puts young people's subjective experience at its centre, can provide an alternative to current policies and practice; This book is aimed at academics and students in social policy, sociology, education, economics and political science who are interested in policy analysis with regard to young people. The overview of recent trends also makes it relevant for practitioners and policy makers in the field.
Recenzijas
"This book provides valuable insights into young people's transitions to work in modern societies, and into the (in)adequacies of policies intended to support these transitions. With its main objectives, to develop a more qualitative, holistic approach to young people's transitions and to bridge the gap between transition research and policy, the book raises challenging issues for social scientists and policy makers." Rik van Berkel, Department of General Social Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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Contents: Introduction: young people and contradictions of inclusion Andreas
Walther; Part One: Risks and contradictions in young people's transitions to
work: Yo-yo-transitions and misleading trajectories: towards integrated
transition policies for young adults in Europe Manuela du Bois-Reymond and
Andreu López Blasco; Youth unemployment and the risk of social exclusion:
comparative analysis of qualitative data Thomas Kieselbach; Part Two:
European research on young people and transition policies: Transition
policies: strategies of actors and employment policies for young people in
Europe Lorenzo Cachón Rodrķguez; The European strategy for youth employment:
a discursive analysis Amparo Serrano Pascual; State policies for youth
unemployment in the European Union: rights, responsibilities and life-long
learning Wallace McNeish and Patricia Loncle; Transitional labour markets and
training: re-balancing flexibility and security for life-long learning Harm
van Lieshout and Ton Wilthagen; The third sector: ghetto for the
disadvantaged or springboard toward integration? Paul Burgess; The art of
learning: empowerment through performing arts Steven Miles; Part Three:
Dilemmas and perspectives of integrated transition policies: Empowerment or
'cooling out'? Dilemmas and contradictions of transition policies Andreas
Walther; Competence and employability Sven Mųrch and Barbara Stalder; Of
roofs and knives: the dilemmas of recognising informal learning José Machado
Pais and Axel Pohl; Flexibility and security: the supposed dilemma of
transition policies Barbara Stauber, Siyka Kovacheva and Harm van Lieshout;
'Disadvantage': transition policies between social construction and the needs
of vulnerable youth Dermot Stokes and René Bendit.
A. Lopez Blasco is Head of Research at the Association of Regional and European Analysis in Valencia, Spain. W. McNeish is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland. A. Walther is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Regional Innovation and Social Research in Tubingen, Germany, and coordinator of the European research network EGRIS (European Group for Integrated Social Research).
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