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Jobless citizens : political engagement of the young unemployed

Giugni, Marco, author, Lorenzini, Jasmine, author

Overview

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.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Unemployed youth Switzerland Geneva. / Youth Employment Switzerland Geneava. / Youth Political activity Switzerland Geneva. / Youth Social conditions Switzerland Geneva. / Political participation Social aspects Switzerland Geneva.
• ISBN: 9781349951413

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HD6276.S93 G464 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE