Young People and Social Policy in Europe

Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis

  • Lorenza Antonucci
  • Myra Hamilton
  • Steven Roberts
Book

Part of the Work and Welfare in Europe book series (RECOWE)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Young People and Social Policy in Europe

    1. Introduction: Young People and Social Policy in Europe
      Myra Hamilton, Lorenza Antonucci, Steven Roberts
      Pages 1-12

  3. Constructing a Theory of Youth and Social Policy

    1. Constructing a Theory of Youth and Social Policy
      Lorenza Antonucci, Myra Hamilton, Steven Roberts
      Pages 13-34

  4. Precarity, Social Exclusion and Youth Policy in Europe

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 35-35
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    2. The Complex Nature of Youth Poverty and Deprivation in Europe
      Eldin Fahmy
      Pages 37-61
    3. At Risk of Deskilling and Trapped by Passion: A Picture of Precarious Highly Educated Young Workers in Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom
      Annalisa Murgia, Barbara Poggio
      Pages 62-86
    4. Social Exclusion, Risk and the UK Youth Labour Market
      Clive Sealey
      Pages 87-105
    5. Young People at Work in Greece before and after the Crisis
      Lefteris Kretsos
      Pages 106-124
    6. The Impacts of Employment Instability on Transitions to Adulthood: The Mileuristas Young Adults in Spain
      Alessandro Gentile
      Pages 125-144

  5. Changing Transitions, Welfare Sources and Social Policies

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 145-145
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    2. Labour Market Risks and Sources of Welfare among European Youth in Times of Crisis
      Lara Maestripieri, Stefania Sabatinelli
      Pages 147-168
    3. Have Nordic Welfare Regimes Adapted to Changes in Transitions to Adulthood? Unemployment Insurance and Social Assistance among Young People in the Nordic Welfare States
      Anna Angelin, Timo Kauppinen, Thomas Lorentzen, Olof Bäckman, Pasi Moisio, Espen Dahl et al.
      Pages 169-188
    4. The Dualisation of Social Policies towards Young People in France: Between Familism and Activation
      Tom Chevalier, Bruno Palier
      Pages 189-209
    5. Young Adults’ Transitions to Residential Independence in the UK: The Role of Social and Housing Policy
      Ann Berrington, Juliet Stone
      Pages 210-235
    6. Life-Course Policy and the Transition from School to Work in Germany
      Walter R. Heinz
      Pages 236-255
    7. Youth Transitions, Precarity and Inequality and the Future of Social Policy in Europe
      Lorenza Antonucci, Myra Hamilton
      Pages 256-265
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 266-269
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About this book

Introduction

This edited collection provides the first in-depth analysis of social policies and the risks faced by young people. The book explores the effects of both the economic crisis and austerity policies on the lives of young Europeans, examining both the precarity of youth transitions, and the function of welfare state policies.

Keywords

employment Germany labor market nature poverty social policy transition unemployment Welfare Welfare State youth

Editors and affiliations

  • Lorenza Antonucci
    • 1
  • Myra Hamilton
    • 2
  • Steven Roberts
    • 3
  1. 1.University of the West of ScotlandUK
  2. 2.University of New South WalesAustralia
  3. 3.University of KentUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137370525
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Social Sciences Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-47529-2
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-37052-5
  • About this book