The Crisis for Young People
Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare
Authors: Green, Andy
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
This book provides an original and challenging analysis of one of the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it explores the extent and scope of generational divides through an up-to-date analysis of the changing opportunities for young people in Britain across different life domains. A central question addressed is whether current changes are best understood as growing inequalities within and across age groups, or whether we face a genuine intergenerational decline over the life course of this and future generations of youth. Andy Green’s controversial manifesto for intergenerational equity includes replacing higher education fees with a tax on graduates of all ages; the introduction of capital gains tax on sales of first homes; voting at 16, and a new charter of rights for private tenants. - About the authors
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Andy Green is Professor of Comparative Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education, and Director, since 2008, of the ERSC-funded Research Centre on Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES). His recent research has focused on social cohesion regimes and the changing opportunity structures for young people. His latest books include: Handbook of Global Education Policy, 2016; Education and State Formation: Europe, East Asia and the USA; 2013 and Regimes of Social Cohesion: Societies and the Crisis of Globalisation, 2011.
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“Lucid, passionate and ground-breaking...this book will shock, hearten and galvanise in equal measure.” (Nikos Papadakis, Professor of Political Science, University of Crete, Greece)
“This book offers a highly significant contribution to public policy making. All MPs should have to read it.” (Peter Mortimore, former Director of the Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction: At the Sharp-End of Globalisation and Demographic Change
Pages 1-18
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Education, Education …Under-Employment: The Mantra That Failed
Pages 19-43
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Young People and Employment: The Age of Uncertainty
Pages 45-62
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Britain’s Housing Disaster and Its Effects on Young People
Pages 63-77
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Wealth and Welfare: Breaking the Generational Contract
Pages 79-86
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Crisis for Young People
- Book Subtitle
- Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare
- Authors
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- Andy Green
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-58547-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-58547-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-58546-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-86425-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 161
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
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