Young People and Long-Term Unemployment: Personal, Social, and Political Effects Contributor(s): Giugni, Marco (Author), Lorenzini, Jasmine (Author), Cinalli, Manlio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367637251 ISBN-13: 9780367637255 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Political Economy |
Dewey: 331.341 |
LCCN: 2020036057 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.54 lbs) 178 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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. |