Abstract
Most policies to combat unemployment focus on employability and disregard the social and existential meaning of having a job. The consequence for higher education is that reforms push for developing skills that complement demand in the job market, rather than consider what individuals want from a job. Drawing on policy documents regarding employment and higher education as well as field research conducted in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco, the chapter challenges the narrow consensus on reducing unemployment by showing how training, job management, perceptions of social contribution, productivity, and service quality intersect. The chapter then argues for a multidisciplinary approach to account for the social function of jobs and for policies that stress the connection between employment and the expectations and meaning of citizenship.
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Cohen, S. (2017). Creating Jobs for the Social Good: Moving Beyond the Neoliberal Model of Education for Employment. In: Ergül, H., Coşar, S. (eds) Universities in the Neoliberal Era. Palgrave Critical University Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55212-9_6
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