Youth and Work in the Post-Industrial City of North America and Europe With an Epilogue by Saskia Sassen

In North-American and European cities, youth live in precarious social and economic conditions. The issue of employment has become a political problem. In this volume, sociological, economical and ethnographical perspectives are used to explain ethnic discrimination, inequalities at school, unemployment and marginalization. Work remains a central value in young peoples' lives who not only are victimized but also try to find escapes. Originally in French, this extended and updated book contains contributions by Enrico Pugliese, Saskia Sassen, Min Zhou, Francois Dubet, Paul Anisef, Paul Axelrod, Ida Susser and others.

About the author

Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Ph.D. (1982) Lyon, is Researcher at Centre National de la Récherche Scientifique in Lyon. She has published widely on youth, socialisation and employment in French, e.g. Le Travail en friche. Les mondes de la petite production urbaine (Editions de l'Aube, 1999).

Product details

• Authors: S. L. Radt
• Assisted by: L. Roulleau-Berger (Editor), Laurence Roulleau-Berger (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 13.12.2002
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9789004125339
• ISBN: 978-90-04-12533-9
• Pages: 440
• Dimensions (packing): 16.7 x 24.7 x 3 cm
• Weight (packing): 857 g
• Series: International Comparative Soci > 6
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General; Politics / Current Events; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations