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Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times
Fighting Inequality Through Capability Oriented Policy
9781788110853 Edward Elgar Publishing
Following the 2008 economic crisis, the situation for young people deteriorated dramatically in many European countries. Employment and training opportunities have reduced, and levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased. This book evaluates both institutional frameworks and programmes as well as the quantitative and qualitative basis of judgements in European youth policies that dominate current strategies. This book evaluates both institutional frameworks and programmes as well as the quantitative and qualitative basis of judgements in European youth policies.
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Following the 2008 economic crisis, the situation for young people deteriorated dramatically in many European countries. Employment and training opportunities have reduced, and levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased. This book evaluates both institutional frameworks and programmes as well as the quantitative and qualitative basis of judgements in European youth policies that dominate current strategies.
Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times uses EU survey data and in-depth qualitative research to examine the education, employment experiences and quality of life of young people in Europe. It develops an extensive critique of the dominant policy approaches used in Europe, which aim to tackle the challenges facing disadvantaged young people through a focus on work first and a narrow human capital centered approach of integration. In response, the book analyses and discusses alternatives emerging from an application of Amartya Sens’s Capability Approach to youth policies and an enlarged concept of participation.
Offering quantitative and qualitative analysis which aim to develop new and progressive ways to assess the situation of socially disadvantaged young people in Europe, this book will be fascinating reading for students and teachers of social policy, as well as policy-makers, social practitioners and social scientists.
Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times uses EU survey data and in-depth qualitative research to examine the education, employment experiences and quality of life of young people in Europe. It develops an extensive critique of the dominant policy approaches used in Europe, which aim to tackle the challenges facing disadvantaged young people through a focus on work first and a narrow human capital centered approach of integration. In response, the book analyses and discusses alternatives emerging from an application of Amartya Sens’s Capability Approach to youth policies and an enlarged concept of participation.
Offering quantitative and qualitative analysis which aim to develop new and progressive ways to assess the situation of socially disadvantaged young people in Europe, this book will be fascinating reading for students and teachers of social policy, as well as policy-makers, social practitioners and social scientists.
Critical Acclaim
‘This more nuanced and contextualised analysis of young people''s lives and aspirations, developed through participatory research methodologies that reveal both objective and subjective disadvantage,and myriad strategies for addressing it, is perhaps the best I have read for many years. It is damning in its critique of many contemporary social policies directed towards young people, and direct in its advocacy of some very plausible alternatives.’
– Howard Williamson, European Journal of Social Work
– Howard Williamson, European Journal of Social Work
Contributors
Contributors: G. Acconcia, R. Atzmüller, E. Baillergeau, S. Belda-Miquel, T. Berthet, B. Beuret, A. Boni Aristizábal, J.-M. Bonvin, E. Chiappero-Martinetti, S. Dahmen, J.W. Duyvendak, V. Egdell, A.K. Frørup, C. Goffette, H. Graham, P.R. Graziano, B. Haidinger, N.R. Jensen, C.C. Kjeldsen, A. Knecht, T. Ley, A. López-Fogués, H.-U. Otto, A. Peruzzi, R. Raeside, G. Roets, R. Roose, V. Simon, A.M.C. Spreafico, C. Vandekinderen, H. Van Keer, J. Vero
Contents
Content:
Introduction: Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times? Creating Collaborative and Transformative Capabilities through Participation
Hans-Uwe Otto, Valerie Egdell, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Roland Atzmüller
PART I The Capabilities of Disadvantaged Young People in Europe
1. Analysing Inequality and Disadvantage from a Capability Perspective
Jean-Michel Bonvin, Benoît Beuret and Stephan Dahmen
2. The Participation of the Young in the European Union
Céline Goffette, Josiane Vero, Helen Graham, Robert Raeside, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Alberta M.C. Spreafico and Agnese Peruzzi
3. One Youth, one Voice: Principles of Justice and Public Policies for Early School Leavers in France
Thierry Berthet and Véronique Simon
4. Towards a Subjective Capability Quality of Life Scale (SCQL) in Europe
Christian Christrup Kjeldsen
5. Capabilities, Participation and Public Policies for Young People: A Critical Analysis of a Local Policy Process in Spain
Sergio Belda-Miquel, Alejandra Boni Aristizábal and Aurora López-Fogués
PART II Training and Employment Policies in Europe: A Way Towards the Enhancement of Young People’s Capabilities?
6. Vocational Training in the Framework of the ‘Austrian Training Guarantee’
Roland Atzmüller and Alban Knecht
7. Participation and Expectations: The Youth Guarantee in Italy – A Comparison Study in Lombardy and Campania
Giuseppe Acconcia and Paolo Roberto Graziano
8. The Dynamics of Youth Policies in Switzerland: Between Participation and Activation
Stephan Dahmen, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Benoît Beuret
9. Integrating Young People into Society: Perceptions of Enabling Agents
Robert Raeside, Valerie Egdell and Helen Graham
10. Contextual and Individual Determinants of Involuntary Jobs among Young Workers in Europe: A Capability Approach
Céline Goffette and Josiane Vero
PART III Participation as Research Method and Policy Strategy: Creating and Unleashing Transformative Capabilities
11. Full Participation Matters? A Subject Orientated Approach to Participation from a Capability Perspective
Thomas Ley
12. The CCAPPA Method and the Capability Approach: Giving Voice to Young People in Research Through Participative Methods
Véronique Simon and Thierry Berthet
13. Interventions of Feminist Youth Work: Towards Participatory Parity?
Bettina Haidinger
14. Aspirations of Young People Living in Disadvantaged Areas in Denmark
Niels Rosendal Jensen and Anna Kathrine Frørup
PART IV CONCLUSION: Developing Capability Oriented Youth Policies to Fight Inequality and Disadvantage – Developing the Capability to Aspire and to Participate
15. Improving the Quality of Life of Disadvantaged Young People in Europe
All Contributors
16. The Capability to Aspire of Young People in Disadvantaged Circumstances
Evelyne Baillergeau and Jan Willem Duyvendak
17. Participation and Participatory Research from a Capability Perspective
Caroline Vandekinderen, Griet Roets, Hilde Van Keer and Rudi Roose
Index
Introduction: Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times? Creating Collaborative and Transformative Capabilities through Participation
Hans-Uwe Otto, Valerie Egdell, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Roland Atzmüller
PART I The Capabilities of Disadvantaged Young People in Europe
1. Analysing Inequality and Disadvantage from a Capability Perspective
Jean-Michel Bonvin, Benoît Beuret and Stephan Dahmen
2. The Participation of the Young in the European Union
Céline Goffette, Josiane Vero, Helen Graham, Robert Raeside, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Alberta M.C. Spreafico and Agnese Peruzzi
3. One Youth, one Voice: Principles of Justice and Public Policies for Early School Leavers in France
Thierry Berthet and Véronique Simon
4. Towards a Subjective Capability Quality of Life Scale (SCQL) in Europe
Christian Christrup Kjeldsen
5. Capabilities, Participation and Public Policies for Young People: A Critical Analysis of a Local Policy Process in Spain
Sergio Belda-Miquel, Alejandra Boni Aristizábal and Aurora López-Fogués
PART II Training and Employment Policies in Europe: A Way Towards the Enhancement of Young People’s Capabilities?
6. Vocational Training in the Framework of the ‘Austrian Training Guarantee’
Roland Atzmüller and Alban Knecht
7. Participation and Expectations: The Youth Guarantee in Italy – A Comparison Study in Lombardy and Campania
Giuseppe Acconcia and Paolo Roberto Graziano
8. The Dynamics of Youth Policies in Switzerland: Between Participation and Activation
Stephan Dahmen, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Benoît Beuret
9. Integrating Young People into Society: Perceptions of Enabling Agents
Robert Raeside, Valerie Egdell and Helen Graham
10. Contextual and Individual Determinants of Involuntary Jobs among Young Workers in Europe: A Capability Approach
Céline Goffette and Josiane Vero
PART III Participation as Research Method and Policy Strategy: Creating and Unleashing Transformative Capabilities
11. Full Participation Matters? A Subject Orientated Approach to Participation from a Capability Perspective
Thomas Ley
12. The CCAPPA Method and the Capability Approach: Giving Voice to Young People in Research Through Participative Methods
Véronique Simon and Thierry Berthet
13. Interventions of Feminist Youth Work: Towards Participatory Parity?
Bettina Haidinger
14. Aspirations of Young People Living in Disadvantaged Areas in Denmark
Niels Rosendal Jensen and Anna Kathrine Frørup
PART IV CONCLUSION: Developing Capability Oriented Youth Policies to Fight Inequality and Disadvantage – Developing the Capability to Aspire and to Participate
15. Improving the Quality of Life of Disadvantaged Young People in Europe
All Contributors
16. The Capability to Aspire of Young People in Disadvantaged Circumstances
Evelyne Baillergeau and Jan Willem Duyvendak
17. Participation and Participatory Research from a Capability Perspective
Caroline Vandekinderen, Griet Roets, Hilde Van Keer and Rudi Roose
Index
