ISBN:
9781439904794
,
9781439904817
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 193 S.
,
24 cm.
Series Statement:
Global youth
DDC:
305.2350963/091732
Keywords:
Urban youth Social conditions
;
Urban youth Employment
;
Urban youth Attitudes
;
Ethiopia Economic conditions
;
Äthiopien
;
Jugend
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Soziale Situation
;
Politik
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: youth, hope, stratification, and time -- 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 towards 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 -- Conclusions: sustaining hope in the present and the future.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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