Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times Fighting Inequality Through Capability Oriented Policy
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Biographical note
Edited by Hans-Uwe Otto, Bielefeld University, Germany, Valerie Egdell, Northumbria University, UK, Jean-Michel Bonvin, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, Department of Sociology, University of Geneva, Switzerland and Roland Atzmüller, Johannes Kepler University, Austria<i>‘This more nuanced and contextualised analysis of young people's lives and aspirations, developed through participatory research methodologies that reveal both objective and subjective disadvantage,and myriad strategies for addressing it, is perhaps the best I have read for many years. It is damning in its critique of many contemporary social policies directed towards young people, and direct in its advocacy of some very plausible alternatives.’</i>
- Howard Williamson, European Journal of Social Work,
Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times uses EU survey data and in-depth qualitative research to examine the education, employment experiences and quality of life of young people in Europe. It develops an extensive critique of the dominant policy approaches used in Europe, which aim to tackle the challenges facing disadvantaged young people through a focus on work first and a narrow human capital centered approach of integration. In response, the book analyses and discusses alternatives emerging from an application of Amartya Sens's Capability Approach to youth policies and an enlarged concept of participation.
Offering quantitative and qualitative analysis which aim to develop new and progressive ways to assess the situation of socially disadvantaged young people in Europe, this book will be fascinating reading for students and teachers of social policy, as well as policy-makers, social practitioners and social scientists.
Contributors include: G. Acconcia, R. Atzmüller, E. Baillergeau, S. Belda-Miquel, T. Berthet, B. Beuret, A. Boni Aristizábal, J.-M. Bonvin, E. Chiappero-Martinetti, S. Dahmen, J.W. Duyvendak, V. Egdell, A.K. Frørup, C. Goffette, H. Graham, P.R. Graziano, B. Haidinger, N.R. Jensen, C.C. Kjeldsen, A. Knecht, T. Ley, A. Lopez-Fogues, H.-U. Otto, A. Peruzzi, R. Raeside, G. Roets, R. Roose, V. Simon, A.M.C. Spreafico, C. Vandekinderen, H. Van Keer, J. Vero