| Poor Transitions: Social Exclusion and Young Adults Contributor(s): Webster, Colin (Author), Simpson, Donald (Author), MacDonald, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1861346506 ISBN-13: 9781861346506 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2004 Annotation: Based on a rare example of longitudinal, qualitative research with hard-to-reach young adults, this study throws into question common approaches to understanding and tackling social exclusion. A key conclusion is that in disadvantaged labor markets current welfare to work policies often entrap individuals in low-paid, precarious poor work, thus entrenching their social exclusion. The report provides a detailed insight into the processes that shape poor transitions and, in particular, highlights: young adults encounters with education, training and employment and their attempts to establish more rewarding working lives; the choices and constraints facing young mothers as they try to balance childcare and paid employment; the complicated factors that lead some adults to desist from crime and drug use and some to persist; and the impact of growing up in poor neighborhoods on the longer term transitions of young people. The authors argue that understanding social exclusion and dev |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 305.242 |
| LCCN: 2005434268 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.1" W x 11.6" (0.35 lbs) 56 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This report provides a detailed picture of the processes that shape 'poor transitions'. The authors argue that understanding social exclusion and devising effective policies to reduce it requires immersion in the experiences of the socially excluded. Specifically, the report charts the longer-term transitions and outcomes of young adults who had grown up in a context of social exclusion as they reached their mid- to late-twenties; aids understanding of the key influences on social inclusion and exclusion for this age group; examines the young adults' extended participation in education, training and employment, their experiences of family life, and criminal and drug-using careers and draws out the implications for policy and practice interventions. Poor transitions is aimed at academics, policy makers, practitioners and general readers interested in an in-depth account of the biographical experiences of the socially excluded. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacDonald, Robert: - Robert MacDonald is professor of sociology at Teesside University. Webster, Colin: - Colin Webster is professor of criminology at Leeds Metropolitan University.Shildrick, Tracy: - Tracy Shildrick is professor of sociology and social policy at the University of Leeds. |