ISBN:
1439904812
,
9781439904817
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 193 pages)
Series Statement:
Global youth
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mains, Daniel, 1975- Hope is cut
DDC:
305.2350963/091732
Keywords:
Urban youth Social conditions
;
Urban youth Employment
;
Urban youth Attitudes
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Life Stages ; Adolescence
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Life Stages ; Teenagers
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Economic history
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Urban youth ; Attitudes
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Urban youth ; Employment
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Urban youth ; Social conditions
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Jugend
;
Politik
;
Soziale Situation
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Ethiopia Economic conditions
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Ethiopia
;
Äthiopien
Abstract:
"How do ambitious young men grapple with an unemployment rate in urban Ethiopia hovering around fifty percent? Urban, educated, and unemployed young men have been the primary force behind the recent unrest and revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East. Daniel Mains' detailed and moving ethnographic study, Hope is Cut, examines young men's struggles to retain hope for the future in the midst of economic uncertainty and cultural globalization. Through a close ethnographic examination of young men's day-to-day lives & nbsp;Hope is Cut explores the construction of optimism through activities like formal schooling, the consumption of international films, and the use of khat, a mild stimulant. Mains also provides a consideration of social theories concerning space, time, and capitalism. Young men here experience unemployment as a problem of time--they often congregate on street corners, joking that the only change in their lives is the sun rising and setting. Mains addresses these factors and the importance of reciprocity and international migration as a means of overcoming the barriers to attaining aspirations."--Publisher
Abstract:
The historical and cultural roots of unemployment and stratification in urban Ethiopia -- Imagining hopeful futures through khat and film -- "We live like chickens: we are just eating and sleeping": progress, education, and the temporal struggles of young men -- Working toward hope: youth unemployment, occupational status, and values -- Hopeful exchanges: reciprocity and changing dimensions of urban stratification -- Spatial fixes to temporal problems: migration, social relationships, and work -- Conclusion: sustaining hope in the present and the future.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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