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A Young Generation Under Pressure?The Persistent Pandemic of Precariousness: Young People at Work

A Young Generation Under Pressure?: The Persistent Pandemic of Precariousness: Young People at Work [The emergence of a new underclass composed of young people usually described in the press as the “Precarious Generation” or the “Generation of 1,000 euros”1 (and earning even less in certain cases) is, currently, one of the most widely discussed issues in the international discourse about the future of work. The obvious reasons for such a development are related to the dramatic expansion of jobs, which are precarious in nature in recent decades, as well as to the multiple and decisive ways that such a development affects the social and political inclusion of the young people,2 as well as other vulnerable groups of the workforce, such as immigrants, women and other vulnerable groups. The contemporary context in Europe appears to be marked by an increase in economic inequalities and growing disparities in social participation and citizenship rights. In other words, current socio-economic forces have made work more insecure, unpredictable and risky.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Young Generation Under Pressure?The Persistent Pandemic of Precariousness: Young People at Work

Editors: Tremmel, Joerg
Kretsos, Lefteris
A Young Generation Under Pressure? — Oct 6, 2009
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
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978-3-642-03482-4
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3 –21
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-03483-1_1
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Abstract

[The emergence of a new underclass composed of young people usually described in the press as the “Precarious Generation” or the “Generation of 1,000 euros”1 (and earning even less in certain cases) is, currently, one of the most widely discussed issues in the international discourse about the future of work. The obvious reasons for such a development are related to the dramatic expansion of jobs, which are precarious in nature in recent decades, as well as to the multiple and decisive ways that such a development affects the social and political inclusion of the young people,2 as well as other vulnerable groups of the workforce, such as immigrants, women and other vulnerable groups. The contemporary context in Europe appears to be marked by an increase in economic inequalities and growing disparities in social participation and citizenship rights. In other words, current socio-economic forces have made work more insecure, unpredictable and risky.]

Published: Oct 6, 2009

Keywords: Labour Market; Young People; Minimum Wage; Trade Union; Young Worker

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