Youth Unemployment and the Family - Voices of Disordered Times

First published in 1992, Youth Unemployment and the Family examines an area of social life which has not been investigated widely: the relationship between parents and young adults living in the parental home.

List of contents

List of Tables and Figures Preface 1. Introduction: Family, History and Biography 2. Local Labour Markets and the Household: Change and Flux 3. Independence and Work 4. Disorder in Time and Place 5. The Moral Community 6. Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index of Informants Name Index Subject Index

About the author

Patricia Allatt (at the time of the original publication of the book), Reader at Teesside Business School, Teesside Polytechnic.
Susan Yeandle, Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociological Studies and Director of CIRCLE, the Centre for International Research on Care Labour and Equalities, University of Sheffield.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Yeandle Allatt, Allatt Patricia, Yeandle Susan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2025
• EAN: 9781041053309
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4105330-9
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Labour / income economics, Sociology: family & relationships, Labour Economics, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: family and relationships, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General