Jobless Citizens

Political Engagement of the Young Unemployed

Marco Giugni, Jasmine Lorenzini (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

143 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Palgrave Pivot (Verlag)
978-1-349-95141-3 (ISBN)

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This book examines patterns of political engagement of long-term unemployed youth. The authors show how unemployment affects the personal, social, and political life of young people. Focusing on the case of Geneva in Switzerland, the study shows the importance of socioeconomic, relational, psychological, and institutional resources for the political engagement of unemployed youth. The book shows specifically how the relationship between unemployment and the political engagement of unemployed youth is mediated by a number of factors: their socioeconomic status and more generally their individual background, their level of deprivation and the associated degree of subjective well-being; the social capital that unemployed youth draw from involvement in voluntary associations and interpersonal networks and relations, and the political learning stemming from interactions with welfare institutions and their perception of such interactions.

Students and scholars in areas including Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Youth Studies and Social Policy will find this study of interest.

Marco Giugni is Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite) at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. His research interests include social movements and collective action, immigration and ethnic relations, unemployment and social exclusion. Jasmine Lorenzini is Research Fellow at the European University Institute, Italy. She currently works on political conflict in the shadow of the great recession. Her research interests include youth unemployment and citizenship with a specific focus on the interplay between social and political inequalities.

1. Introduction.- 2. The Political Engagement of Unemployed Youth.- 3. Individual Background and Socioeconomic Status.- 4. Deprivation and Subjective Well-Being.- 5. Social Networks and Social Capital.- 6. Welfare State and Political Learning.- 7. Putting the Pieces Together.- 8. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.01.2017
Zusatzinfo	32 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 143 p. 32 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-349-95141-2 / 1349951412
ISBN-13	978-1-349-95141-3 / 9781349951413
Zustand	Neuware