Youth at the margins : perspectives on Arab Mediterranean youth / edited by Elena Sánchez-Montijano and José Sánchez García.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sánchez Montijano, Elena, editor.

Sánchez García, José, editor.

Series:

Europa regional perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Political activity--Arab countries.

Youth.

Youth--Arab countries--Social conditions.

Youth--Arab countries--Economic conditions.

Youth--Economic conditions.

Youth--Political activity.

Youth--Social conditions.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

xvii, 247 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

The 2011 Arab uprisings led to a great proliferation of studies on the situations in the Arab countries of the Mediterranean, with particular attention given to their young people, whose role was particularly central. Eight years on, in-depth exploration is still needed of the conditions in which millions of (mainly young) people demanded change. In this context, this volume examines the state and diversity of the forms of socioeconomic, political and cultural marginalization facing the region's young men and women, as well as the strategies and routes of contestation by which they escape them. Through the interdisciplinary empiricism of this book, based on the results emerging from the SAHWA Project (funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme), we aspire to build a complex description and analysis of the current situation of the Arab Mediterranean youth. The aim is to fathom out young people's patterns, agency and living conditions, focusing on the relational character of the juvenile worlds actively constructed by themselves. The authors explore the main trends that are reflected in the social strategies, cultural constructions and changes within the Arab youth population, and whether the creation of new lifestyles and the emergence of youth cultures are an indicator of sociopolitical transitions. To answer all these questions the researchers have conducted a comprehensive study in five Arab Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia. Based on mixed method research the data collection is composed by two primary sources: the SAHWA Youth Survey 2016 (2017), 10,000 young people interviewed, and the SAHWA Ethnographic Fieldwork 2015, involving more than 200 young people.

Contents:

Part 1. To be young in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Lebanon: case studies

Is becoming an entrepreneur the way-out for young Moroccans? / Caroline Minialai, Lisa Bosenbroeck and Driss Ksikes

Youth civic and political participation in Algeria : issues and challenges / Mustapha Omrane

Young Tunisian women and men, between marginalization and recognition / Soukeina Bouraoui, Lilia Othman Challougui and Sihem Najar

Revolt, Re-marginalization and Cooptation : Youth Political Participation in Egypt / Bahgat Korany

"Born to be Exported" : The Post-Civil War Lebanese Youth(s) and the Rupture between Education and Employment / Rima Majed

Part 2. An overview of Arab Mediterranean youth

Arab Mediterranean youth : Religion and Politics / by Kenneth Roberts, Siyka Kovacheva and Stanimir Kabaivanov

"Getting out from the shell of fear"? : Forms of youth political engagement and the impact of social inequalities in the MENA countries / Siyka Kovacheva, Stanimir Kabaivanov and Boris Popivanov

School-to-work transitions in Arab Mediterranean countries / Leonie Backberg, Andreas Etling and Jochen Tholen

Political chronotopes of youth engagement : Towards more inclusive and enabling environments / Sofia Laine and Martta Myllylä

The Transformation of Youth Cultural Norms and Values : A Gendered Analysis / Ilenya Camozzi, Daniela Cherubini, Carmen Leccardi and Paola Rivetti

The Euro-Med Youth Programme and Young People in the Arab Mediterranean Countries : A Reality Check / Asuman Göksel and Özgehan Senyuva

Youth demarginalization strategies in the Arab Mediterranean countries / Elena Sánchez-Montijano and José Sánchez García.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Youth at the margins

ISBN:

9781857439663

185743966X

OCLC:

1061864885