Understanding Youth in the Global Economic Crisis

Understanding Youth in the Global Economic Crisis
ISBN-10
1447315758
ISBN-13
9781447315759
Category
Education
Pages
308
Language
English
Published
2016-03-24
Publisher
Policy Press
Author
Alan France

Description

In this innovative book, Alan France looks not at the economic impact of the global economic crisis and great recession of the past decade, but at the effect these forces have had on our very understanding of youth through its associated institutions. Using eight countries as case studies, he undertakes an in-depth sociological analysis of historical and contemporary developments in secondary education, training, work, and welfare policy to show how the ecological landscape of youth has been affected. Mapping the growing influence of neoliberalism as a political strategy in each of the countries, he shows how, after the crisis, the reconfiguration of institutions and practices that are central to the lives of the young is accelerating, bringing new meaning to youth, age, transition, diversity, risk, and inclusion.

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