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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778487903321

Autore

Abrams Fran <1963-, >

Titolo

Learning to fail : how society lets young people down / / Fran Abrams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-26482-1

1-135-26483-X

1-282-31578-1

9786612315787

0-203-86482-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Disciplina

373.1826/94

Soggetti

Youth with social disabilities - Education - Great Britain

School failure - Great Britain

Youth - Employment - Great Britain

Youth - Great Britain - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; The young people (some names have been changed); Introduction; Chapter 1 The importance of places; Chapter 2 Changing chances; Chapter 3 Aspirations; Chapter 4 Poverty; Chapter 5 School; Chapter 6 Changing families; Chapter 7 Street life; Chapter 8 Making choices; Chapter 9 Further trouble; Chapter 10 The world of work; Chapter 11 Race matters; Chapter 12 The difference for girls; Chapter 13 Reaching out; Conclusions; Footnote - outcomes; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

During a decade of relative prosperity from the mid-1990s onward, governments across the developed world failed to crack one major issue - youth unemployment. Even when economic growth was strong, one young person in 10 in the United Kingdom was neither working nor learning. As the boom ended, the number of young people dropping out after leaving school - already acknowledged to be too high - began to rise at an alarming rate. As governments face up to the prospect of a new generation on the dole, this book examines the root causes of the



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