Youth Unemployment and Society
by Edited by Anne C. Petersen , Jeylan T. MortimerFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1994-05-27
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
As societies become more technically advanced and jobs require more expertise, young people are forced into a prolonged state of social marginality. Employment during adolescence could provide significant experiences for growth into later work roles, but most societies are not equipped to provide adolescents with meaningful work experience. In Youth Unemployment and Society, historians, psychologists, economists and sociologists provide a cross-national examination of trends in youth unemployment and intervention strategies in the United States and Europe. Assessing the causes of aggregate societal unemployment rates, the authors address factors that make individuals more vulnerable to unemployment and consider the developmental consequences of this experience. The volume also examines how persistently high rates of youth unemployment affect society's values, beliefs and institutions.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| 1. Youth unemployment and marginality: the problem and the solution Laura E. Hess, Ann C. Petersen, and Jeylan T. Mortimer | |
| Part I. Investment in Youth: 2. Social capital, human capital and investment in youth James S. Coleman | |
| 3. When may social capital influence children's school performance John Modell James S. Coleman | |
| Part II. Macrosocial Perspectives: 4. The historical context of youth unemployment Helmut Fend | |
| 5. The causes of persistently high unemployment Michael White and David J. Smith | |
| Part III. Individual Perspectives: 6. Concepts of causation, tests of causal mechanisms, and implications for intervention Michael Rutter | |
| 7. Individual differences as precursors of youth unemployment Jeylan T. Mortimer | |
| 8. The psychosocial consequences of unemployment Adrian Furnham | |
| Part IV. Societal consequences and intervention: 9. Societal consequences of youth unemployment Hannie te Grotenhuis | |
| 10. Social roles for youth: interventions in unemployment Stephen F. Hamilton | |
| Part V. Implications for Research: 11. Youth, work, and unemployment: a European perspective for research Hans Bertram | |
| Conclusion Walter Heinz. |
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