Unemployed youth and social exclusion in Europe : learning for inclusion /
Susan Warner Weil, Danny Wildemeersch, Theo Jansen with Barry Percy-Smith.
- xvi, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-268) and index.
Foreword / Orientations -- The research wellspring for this book -- Three starting stories : young Europeans being 'activated' for employment -- Youth transition research : changing metaphors and languages in a globalizing world -- Activation practices : an emerging topography -- Working-identities in (com)motion -- Agency, empowerment, and activation : balancing contradictions -- Re-vis(ion)ing professional practice with young unemployed adults -- Making the bridge : introduction to part III -- Ideologies and policy discourses : impact from 'on high' and 'afar' -- Restrictive and reflexive activation discourses explored -- Learning and improvisation at the policy-practice interface -- Case study projects from the six European countries : 'pen portraits'. Karen Evans -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. App.
"This book explores EU programmes and policies that set out to reduce unemployment amongst young adults. It is unique in assessing the impact of these programmes through the experiences of both young adults and professionals working with them. Based on a three year EU research project which examined projects across six countries, the empirical material on which the book is based reveals major policy trends and how these are influencing the discourses and practices of education, training and guidance (ETG) across Europe."--BOOK JACKET.
0754641309 9780754641308
2004021036
Unemployed youth--Social conditions--Europe Unemployed youth--Services for--Europe Unemployed youth--Services for--Research. Youth with social disabilities--Europe Marginality, Social--Europe