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Author:   Lorenza Antonucci (School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham.)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781447318231

ISBN 10:   1447318234
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   21 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: University Lives in the crisis; Part 1 University for all? How higher education shapes inequality among young people; The social consequences of the mass access in Europe; How welfare influences the lives of youth in university; Beyond differences? Determinants of inequality among European youth in university; Part 2 Exploring the inequality of university lives in England, Italy and Sweden; The five profiles of the university experience; Explaining inequality: the role of social origins and welfare sources; Welfare mixes and the reproduction of inequality in university; Part 3 The ‘eternal transition’: young adults and semi-dependence in university; The family: saviour or ‘inequaliser’?; The labour-market contradiction: a precarious form of dependence; State: generous, conditional or absent?; Conclusion. Addressing the growing inequality among young people in university; Methodological Annex.

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Will young people play a s role in dismantling austerity in Europe? In an important contribution to the debate on inequality, Antonucci shows us the extent to which our system is failing its youth. Lorenzo Marsili, founder European Alternatives

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Lorenza Antonucci is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy/Sociology at Teesside University where she researches on inequality. Lorenza is also Research Associate at the European Social Observatory (OSE) in Brussels. She is co-editor of 'Young People and Social Policy in Europe' (2014). In 2015 she has been awarded with the Royal Society of Edinburgh Visiting Fellowship (2015). You can follow her on Twitter @SocialLore

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