Young People and Long-Term Unemployment: Personal, Social, and Political Effects (Youth, Young Adulthood and Society)

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Synopsis
Young People and Long-Term Unemployment examines the consequences of long-term unemployment for the personal, social, and political lives of young adults aged 18–34 across four European cities: Cologne (Germany), Geneva (Switzerland), Lyon (France), and Turin (Italy). Adopting a multidimensional theoretical framework aiming to bring together insights based on the contextual (macro), organizational (meso), and individual (micro) levels, and combining quantitative and qualitative data and analyses, it reaches a number of important conclusions. First, our study shows that the experience of long-term unemployment has a negative impact on different dimensions of young people’s lives. When compared to employed youth, unemployed youth are less satisfied with their lives, more isolated, and less independent financially. Second, however, there are important variations across the four cities. This means that, in spite of widespread retrenchments, in some places the welfare state still acts as a buffer against unemployment. Third, although young unemployed people participate in politics equally if not slightly more than employed youth, the young unemployed are often disconnected from politics. This is so even when they have important grievances to express in the face of high youth unemployment, precarious working conditions, and grim future perspectives on the labor market. This book will be useful for scholars interested in unemployment politics and youth politics, researchers and teachers in political science, sociology, and social psychology.
Copyright:
2021

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Book Quality:
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Book Size:
178 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000327700
Related ISBNs:
9780367638153, 9781003120421, 9780367637255
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Marco Giugni, Jasmine Lorenzini, Manlio Cinalli, Christian Lahusen, and Simone Baglioni, The right of Marco Giugni, Jasmine Lorenzini, Manlio Cinalli, Christian Lahusen, and Simone Baglioni to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Sociology
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