ISBN:
9781861345547
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (305 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Young People and Contradictions of Inclusion : Towards Integrated Transition Policies in Europe
DDC:
305.235
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
YOUNG PEOPLE AND CONTRADICTIONS OF INCLUSION; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction: young people and contradictions of inclusion; 2. Yo-yo transitions and misleading trajectories: towards Integrated Transition Policies for young adults in Europe; 3. Youth unemployment and the risk of social exclusion: comparative analysis of qualitative data; 4. Transition policies: strategy of actors and employment policies for young people in Europe; 5. The European strategy for youth employment: a discursive analysis
Description / Table of Contents:
6. State policy and youth unemployment in the EU: rights, responsibilities and lifelong learning7. Transitional Labour Markets and training: rebalancing flexibility and security for lifelong learning; 8. The third sector: ghetto for the disadvantaged or springboard toward integration?; 9. The art of learning: empowerment through performing arts; 10. Empowerment or 'cooling out'? Dilemmas and contradictions of Integrated Transition Policies; 11. Competence and employability; 12. Of roofs and knives: the dilemmas of recognising informal learning
Description / Table of Contents:
13. Flexibility and security: the supposed dilemma of transition policies14. 'Disadvantage': transition policies between social construction and the needs of vulnerable youth; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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