Education, work and social change : young people and marginalization in post-industrial Britain / Robin Simmons, Ron Thompson, Lisa Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simmons, Robin, author.

Thompson, Ron, Dr., author.

Russell, Lisa, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unemployed youth--England, North East--Longitudinal studies.

Unemployed youth.

Marginality, Social--England, North East--Longitudinal studies.

Marginality, Social.

Education--Great Britain.

Education.

Great Britain.

Unemployed youth--Great Britain.

Youth--Employment--Great Britain.

Youth.

Youth--Employment.

Youth--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Genre:

Longitudinal studies.

Physical Description:

x, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New york : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

The number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) is rising to alarming levels across the globe, with profound social and economic costs. Government attempts to reduce NEET levels have failed to take effect, and the NEET category remains a continuing source of hotly contested public and media interest. Drawing ethnographic data from over two years of fieldwork funded by the Leverhulme Trust, this book looks beyond dominant political and media discourses on NEET young people to provide a rich, detailed account of their experiences on the margins of education and employment in post-industrial Britain. Education, Work and Social Change uses a critical materialist approach to go beyond the duality of inclusion and exclusion and rethink young people's experiences of participation and non-participation. These, it is argued, can only be fully understood through the concept of marginalization. This text provides fresh and challenging insights into the lives of some of the most vulnerable young people in the UK and concludes by highlighting the implications of this research for practitioners and policymakers, evaluating current policy initiatives and setting out a range of strategies that should be adopted by local authorities and the government for improving the lives of NEET young people. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction

2.Poverty, Social Exclusion and Marginalization

3.Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training

4.Researching the Lives of Marginalized Young People

5.Education, Training and Youth Employment

6.Danny's Story

7.Hailey's Story

8.Sean's Story

9.Family, Community and Welfare

10.Isla's Story

11.Saheera's Story

12.Cayden's Story

13.Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137335920

1137335920

9781137335937

1137335939

OCLC:

888022592

Publisher Number:

60001929632