The precarious generation : a political economy of young people / Judith Bessant, Rys Farthing and R...
The precarious generation : a political economy of young people / Judith Bessant, Rys Farthing and R...
The precarious generation : a political economy of young people / Judith Bessant, Rys Farthing and Rob Watts.
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2019/2920 , G 2020/0728
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 228 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- The state of play: how young people are faring -- A political economy of generations -- Neoliberal social policy and young people -- Inter-generational equity and justice -- Broken promise: human capital theory, education and work -- Penalizing the young and the justice system -- You...
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This book draws on a wealth of evidence including young people's own stories, to document how they are now faring in increasingly unequal societies like America, Britain, Australia, France and Spain. It points to systematic generational inequality as those born since 1980 become the first generation to have a lower standard of living than previous...
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The precarious generation : a political economy of young people / Judith Bessant, Rys Farthing and Rob Watts.
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Notes
General note
Routledge advances in sociology ; 218
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2019/2920 , G 2020/0728
Record Identifier
74VKVB8MNN0d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVB8MNN0d
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ISBN
1138185477
9781138185470
DDC
305.235
MMS ID
991024242009102626
