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- Provides a timely discussion of job precariousness in Europe
- Adopts a mixed-method approach combining original survey and interview data
- Uniquely combines and analyses well-being, social inclusion and political participation
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Marco Giugni
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Department of Political and Social Science, European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy
Jasmine Lorenzini
About the authors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Jobless Citizens
Book Subtitle: Political Engagement of the Young Unemployed
Authors: Marco Giugni, Jasmine Lorenzini
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95142-0
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95141-3Published: 05 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95142-0Published: 22 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 143
Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Sociology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Labor Economics, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Sociology of Work