The Crisis of Global Youth Unemployment Contributor(s): Mayer, Tamar (Editor), Moorti, Sujata (Editor), McCallum, Jamie K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 081537108X ISBN-13: 9780815371083 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Social Science | Human Geography - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
Dewey: 331.341 |
LCCN: 2018022562 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography |
Physical Information: 222 pages |
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Publisher Description: Since the economic and financial crisis of 2008, the proportion of unemployed young people has exceeded any other group of unemployed adults. This phenomenon marks the emergence of a laborscape. This concept recognizes that, although youth unemployment is not consistent across the world, it is a coherent problem in the global political economy. This book examines this crisis of youth unemployment, drawing on international case studies. It is organized around four key dimensions of the crisis: precarity, flexibility, migration, and policy responses. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the chapters offer a dynamic portrait of unemployment and how this is being challenged through new modes of resistance. This book provides cross-national comparisons, both ethnographic and quantitative, to explore the contours of this laborscape on the global, national, and local scales. Throughout these varied case studies is a common narrative from young workers, families, students, volunteers, and activists facing a new and growing problem. This book will be an imperative resource for students and researchers looking at the sociology of globalization, global political economy, labor markets, and economic geography. |