Youth Unemployment and Job Precariousness: Political Participation in a Neo-Liberal Era

by Nuno de Almeida Alves, Augusta Correia, Ana Alexandre, et al.

This book explores the relationship between youth labour market marginality and political participation, focusing on the example of Portugal and the role played by austerity policies in shaping patterns of activism. Through integrating primary and secondary empirical evidence with key ideas from classical and contemporary Sociology, the authors illustrate some of the key features of youth unemployment and job precariousness, also highlighting trends...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113756279X
• ISBN13: 9781137562791
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"