Youth and work in the post-industrial city of North America and Europe / edited by Laurence Roulleau-Berger ; with an epilogue by Saskia Sassen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roulleau-Berger, Laurence, 1956-

Series:

International comparative social studies ; v. 6.

International comparative social studies, 1568-4474 ; v. 6

Standardized Title:

Jeunes et l'emploi dans les villes d'Europe et d'Amerique du Nord. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban youth--Employment--Europe.

Urban youth.

Urban youth--Employment--North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In North-American and European cities, youth live in precarious social and economic conditions. The issue of employment has become a political problem. In this volume, sociological, economical and ethnographical perspectives are used to explain ethnic discrimination, inequalities at school, unemployment and marginalization. Work remains a central value in young peoples' lives who not only are victimized but also try to find escapes. Originally in French, this extended and updated book contains contributions by Enrico Pugliese, Saskia Sassen, Min Zhou, François Dubet, Paul Anisef, Paul Axelrod, Ida Susser and others.

Contents:

Introduction by Laurence Roulleau-Berger

Part 1. Inequalities and discriminations at school

Youth experience, socialization and inequalities in France, François Dubet

Racial Isolation, Poverty and the Limits of local Control as a means for Holding Public Schools Accountable, Pedro Noguera

The paradox of ethnicity in French secondary schools, Jean-Paul Payet

Re-examining standards and barriers in Quebec education, Madeleine Gauthier

Part 2. Incertitudes and reversibilities in biographies

Life-course experiences of the class of 73 in Canada, Paul Anisef and Paul Axelrod

Vocational integration and relationship to work among Quebec youths without high-school diplomas, Claude

Trottier,Mircea Vultur and Madeleine Gauthier

'Long term Youth' : Discontinuity in Labor Profiles of Young Spanish People in the age of informational flexibility, Juan Santos Ortega

Explaining transitions through individualised rationality in UK, Andy Furlong, Fred Cartmel

Part 3. Youth, employment policies and social practices

The negotiation of vocational education qualifications: an efficient alternative to the deregulation of the youth labour market?, Eric Verdier

Juggling Youth Unemployment and Employment Precariousness in Canada and in Quebec : from a social to a more liberal approach to employment policies?, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay

The younger generation of Spanish mothers in the family and in the workplace, Constanza Tobio

Labour market policies and youth in Germany from the early 50s until today, Frank Braun

Part 4. Work, youth, and immigration

Regional youth of immigrant origin in Québec: innovative relationship to work, Myriam Simard

French dilemnas in the socioeconomic adaptation of immigrant and minority youth, Claire Schiff

Channeling Latino Youth into the Low-Wage Trap: Race and Class Polarization in California, Julio

Cammarata

Making It in Urban America: Challenges and Prospects for the Children of Contemporary Immigrants, Min Zhou

Part 5. Public disqualification, commitment to and disengagement from work

Why Do Working Youth Work Where They Do?, Stuart Tannock

Do youth have a specific relationship to work in France?, Robert Castel

Young people and work in Quebec: taking stock, Jacques Hamel

Economic disqualification and social differenciation in the Post-Industrial City : youth, work and marginalization in France, Laurence Roulleau-Berger

Part 6. Youth and marginalization in the Post-Industrial City

The law of networks: case histories of second-generation immigrants in the worlds of trade, Michel Péraldi

Russian Youth and Work: Social Integration and Exclusion Under Conditions of Risk, Vladimir I. Chuprov, Julia Zubok

Youth homelessness: the street and work from exclusion to integration, Roch Hurtubise, Shirley Roy and Céline Bellot

Labour market insecurity and criminalization of poverty, Loïc Wacquant

Epilogue: Transversal anchoring among youth today Saskia Sassen

Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-91466-1

9786610914661

90-474-0426-2

1-4294-0708-5

OCLC:

228170996

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047404262 DOI