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

• Autore: Abrams Fran <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 373.1826/94
• Soggetto topico: Youth with social disabilities - Education - Great Britain; School failure - Great Britain; Youth - Employment - Great Britain; Youth - Great Britain - Social conditions
• 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 problem.By holding a light to the live
• Titolo autorizzato: Learning to fail
• ISBN: 1-135-26482-1; 1-135-26483-X; 1-282-31578-1; 9786612315787; 0-203-86482-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813509203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II