ISBN:
9780415357302
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (496 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Advances in Sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society : The Losers in a Globalizing World
DDC:
303.44
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Examining how youths in fourteen industrialized societies make the transition to adulthood in an era of globalization and uncertainty, this book features an array of international contributions, and includes case studies and original empirical data
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; Foreword; Part I:Introduction; 1. Globalization, uncertainty and the early life course. A theoretical framework: Melinda Mills and Hans-Peter Blossfeld; 2. Globalization and the early life course. A description of selected economic and demographic trends: Erik Klijzing; Part II:Country-specific contributions on conservative welfare regimes
Description / Table of Contents:
3. Case study Germany. Global competition, uncertainty and the transition to adulthood: Karin Kurz, Nikolei Steinhage and Katrin Golsch4. Transition from youth to adulthood in the Netherlands: Aart C.Liefbroer; 5. The case of France. Family formation in an uncertain labor market: Annick Kieffer, Catherine Marry, Monique Meron and Anne Solaz; Part III:Country-specific contributions on social-democratic welfare regimes; 6. Elements of uncertainty in life courses. Transitions to adulthood in Sweden: Magnus Bygren, Ann-Zofie Duvander and Mia Hultin
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7. Transitions to adulthood in Norway: Øivind Anti NilsenPart IV:Country-specific contributions on post-socialist welfare regimes; 8. The effects of the globalization process on the transition to adulthood in Hungary: Péter Róbert and Erzsébet Bukodi; 9. Transition to adulthood in Estonia. Evidence from the FFS: Kalev Katus, Allan Puur and Luule Sakkeus; Part V:Country-specific contributions on liberal welfare regimes; 10. The process of globalization and transitions to adulthood in Britain: Marco Francesconi and Katrin Golsch
Description / Table of Contents:
11. The transition to adulthood in Canada. The impact of irregular work shifts in a 24-hour economy: Melinda Mills12. The case of American women. Globalization and the transition to adulthood in an individualistic regime: Rosalind Berkowitz King; Part VI:Country-specific contributions on familistic welfare regimes; 13. Globalization and the transition to adulthood in Mexico: Emilio A.Parrado; 14. Globalization and the transition to adulthood in Italy: Fabrizio Bernardi and Tiziana Nazio
Description / Table of Contents:
15. The Spanish case. The effects of the globalization process on the transition to adulthood: Carles Simó Noguera, Teresa Castro Martín and Asunción Soro Bonmatí16. Ireland and economic globalization. The experiences of a small open economy: Richard Layte, Philip J.O'Connell, Tony Fahey and Selina McCoy; Part VII:Conclusions and discussion; 17. Becoming an adult in uncertain times: a 14-country comparison of the losers of globalization: Melinda Mills, Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Erik Klijzing; Subject index; Author index
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Description based upon print version of record
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