El. knyga: Getting In and Getting On in the Youth Labour Market: Governing Young People's Employability in Regional Context

Exploring what it is like for young people to undergo employability training as a pathway into work in Britain, Leonard and Wilde recognize that young people's employment opportunities vary significantly across the regions, so they look at four different schemes in order to capture some of the diversity in programs. They cover employability in the North East; enterprise on the South Coast; internship in London; and volunteering in Glasgow, Scotland. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)



Based on up to date qualitative and ethnographic research, and using a Foucauldian theoretical approach, this book examines youth education-to-work transitions in the UK and demonstrates how different employability schemes work in practice for young people from varying social and regional backgrounds.

Based on up to date qualitative and ethnographic research, this book examines youth education-to-work transitions in the UK. Using the theoretical lens of a Foucauldian governmentality approach, the authors consider the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of youth employability training and demonstrate how different employability schemes planned and operationalised in diverse geographical and economic landscapes work in practice. The book examines and compares a range of employment entry route programmes and reveals the tension between employability and good quality employment, and the ways in which young people from varying social and regional backgrounds are positioned very differently within this.