Getting in and getting on in the youth labour market: governing young peoples employability in regional context

Based on up to date qualitative and ethnographic research, this book examines youth education-to-work transitions in the UK. Using the theoretical lens of a Foucauldian governmentality approach, the authors consider the 'why' and 'how' of youth employability training and demonstr...

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Main Authors: Leonard, Pauline 1957- (Author), Wilde, Rachel J. ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK Bristol University Press 2019
Series:Bristol shorts research
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Links:https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529202304
https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529202304
https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529202304
https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529202304
Summary:Based on up to date qualitative and ethnographic research, this book examines youth education-to-work transitions in the UK. Using the theoretical lens of a Foucauldian governmentality approach, the authors consider the 'why' and 'how' of youth employability training and demonstrate how different employability schemes planned and operationalised in diverse geographical and economic landscapes work in practice. The book examines and compares a range of employment entry route programmes and reveals the tension between employability and good quality employment, and the ways in which young people from varying social and regional backgrounds are positioned very differently within this
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 193 Seiten)
ISBN:9781529202304
DOI:10.46692/9781529202304

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