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Author:   Enzo Colombo (University of Milan, Italy) ,  Paola Rebughini (University of Milan, Italy)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367150990

ISBN 10:   0367150999
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   16 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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A complex uncertainty: young people in the riddle of the present Enzo Colombo and Paola Rebughini Part I: Complexity 1. Learning (not) to labour: how middle-class young adults look for creative jobs in a precarious time in Italy Lorenzo Domaneschi 2. Negotiating reality through the prosumption of the 'unreal' self: young people’s identities in an age of economic precarity Konstantinos Theodoridis, Steven Miles and Kevin Albertson 3. ‘Flexi-lives’: facing the mobility imperative Valentina Cuzzocrea Part II: Uncertainty 4. Fragile transitions from education to employment: youth, gender and migrant status in the EU Çetin Çelik, Fatoş Gökşen, Alpay Filiztekin, İbrahim Öker and Mark Smith 5. Precarious and creative: youth facing uncertainty in the labour market Sonia Bertolini, Valentina Moiso and Marge Unt 6. Youth and precariousness in Spain: beyond a waiting time Benjamín Tejerina 7. The myth of flexibility: young adults’ expectations of work in the digital economy in Milan Alessandro Gandini and Luisa Leonini 8. Uncertainty management strategies in the process of identity formation of Polish young adults Monika Banaś Part III: Involvement 9. Young women of Muslim background in France and Britain: personal and public projects Danièle Joly 10. Occupying the city: from social housing to the theatre Antimo Luigi Farro and Simone Maddanu 11. 'I would rather choose a mixed school': young people’s secondary school choice in a low-income, multi-ethnic neighbourhood Kirsten Visser 12. Our Nation’s Future: youth visions of a post-Brexit Britain Marco Antonsich, Panagiota Sotiropoulou, Leila Wilmers, Cuomu Zhaxi and Sophie-Louise Hyde

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Enzo Colombo is a Professor of Sociology and Culture at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy. Paola Rebughini is Professor of Sociology of Culture at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.

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