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This volume seeks to address what its contributors take to be an
important lacuna in youth cultural research: a lack of interest in
the phenomenon of collectivity and collective aspects of youth
culture. It gathers scholars from diverse research backgrounds -
ranging from contemporary subculture studies, fan culture studies,
musicology, youth transitions studies, criminology, technology and
work-life studies - who all address collective phenomena in young
lives. Ranging thematically from music experience and festival
participation, via soccer fan culture, leisure, street art, youth
climate activism, to the design of EU youth policies and Australian
government 'project' work with young migrants, the chapters develop
a variety of approaches to collective aspects to young cultural
practices and material cultures. To establish these new approaches,
the contributors combine new theories and fresh empirical work;
they critically engage with the tradition and they complement or
even reconfigure traditional approaches in and around the field.
The book will be of interest to researchers in a broad range of
areas in and around the field of youth culture studies including
post-subculture studies, cultural studies, musicology, fan-culture
and youth transition research, but it is also of acute interest for
theoretically interested sociologists. The volume offers a new
afterword by French sociologist Michel Maffesoli.
Italy is not a country for young people. Why? This book provides a
unique and in-depth collection of empirical and theoretical
material providing multiple answers to this question whilst
investigating the living conditions of young people in Italy today.
By bringing together a variety of approaches and methods, the
authors of this collection analyze Italian youth through the lenses
of three dimensions: 'Activism, participation and citizenship',
'Work, Employment and Careers' and 'Moves, Transitions and
Representations'. These dimensions are the analytical building
blocks for challenging stereotypes and unveiling misinterpretations
and taken-for-granted assumptions that portray young people in
Italy as selfish, 'choosy', and unwilling to make sacrifices,
commit and manage an independent life. These prejudices often
underplay the role of constraints they are facing in the transition
to adulthood. Studying Italian youth, therefore, not only allows us
to capture their peculiar characteristics but also to reflect more
broadly on the conceptual toolbox we need in order to understand
contemporary youth more generally. By doing so, the volume aims to
contribute to international discussion on the youth condition in
Europe.
Italy is not a country for young people. Why? This book provides a
unique and in-depth collection of empirical and theoretical
material providing multiple answers to this question whilst
investigating the living conditions of young people in Italy today.
By bringing together a variety of approaches and methods, the
authors of this collection analyze Italian youth through the lenses
of three dimensions: 'Activism, participation and citizenship',
'Work, Employment and Careers' and 'Moves, Transitions and
Representations'. These dimensions are the analytical building
blocks for challenging stereotypes and unveiling misinterpretations
and taken-for-granted assumptions that portray young people in
Italy as selfish, 'choosy', and unwilling to make sacrifices,
commit and manage an independent life. These prejudices often
underplay the role of constraints they are facing in the transition
to adulthood. Studying Italian youth, therefore, not only allows us
to capture their peculiar characteristics but also to reflect more
broadly on the conceptual toolbox we need in order to understand
contemporary youth more generally. By doing so, the volume aims to
contribute to international discussion on the youth condition in
Europe.
This book takes an in-depth look at the European Commission's
Erasmus programme. In its current Erasmus+ format, the programme
supports international exchange visits among students, trainees,
volunteers and academic members of staff with a view to enhancing
employability and encouraging intercultural understanding. Against
the backdrop of the 30th anniversary of Erasmus, the authors
explore the successes of the programme, most prominently the
undergraduate exchange programme, as well as areas of on-going
development, including the incorporation of short duration mobility
projects focused on specific social issues into the initiative.
Through integrating perspectives from authors in a number of
European countries, all of whom have knowledge regarding various
aspects of Erasmus, the book provides insight into the challenges
facing the programme as it moves into its fourth decade. Mobility,
Education and Employability in the European Union: Inside Erasmus
will be of interest to students and scholars from a range of
disciplines, including geography, sociology and European politics.
This book explores various forms of highly skilled mobility in the
European Union, assessing the potential for this movement to
contribute to individual and societal development. In doing so, the
authors illustrate some of the issues arising from the opening up
of Europe's borders, and exposing its education systems and labour
markets to international competition. While acknowledging the
potentially positive aspects of mobility, they also reveal many of
the negative consequences arising from flaws in mobility governance
and inequalities in access to opportunities, arguing that when the
management of mobility goes 'wrong', we are left with a heightened
level of precariousness and the reproduction of social inequality.
This discussion will be of interest to those working within
Europe's mobility infrastructure, as well as policymakers in the
mobility field and students and scholars from across the social
sciences.
This book takes an in-depth look at the European Commission's
Erasmus programme. In its current Erasmus+ format, the programme
supports international exchange visits among students, trainees,
volunteers and academic members of staff with a view to enhancing
employability and encouraging intercultural understanding. Against
the backdrop of the 30th anniversary of Erasmus, the authors
explore the successes of the programme, most prominently the
undergraduate exchange programme, as well as areas of on-going
development, including the incorporation of short duration mobility
projects focused on specific social issues into the initiative.
Through integrating perspectives from authors in a number of
European countries, all of whom have knowledge regarding various
aspects of Erasmus, the book provides insight into the challenges
facing the programme as it moves into its fourth decade. Mobility,
Education and Employability in the European Union: Inside Erasmus
will be of interest to students and scholars from a range of
disciplines, including geography, sociology and European politics.
This book explores various forms of highly skilled mobility in the
European Union, assessing the potential for this movement to
contribute to individual and societal development. In doing so, the
authors illustrate some of the issues arising from the opening up
of Europe's borders, and exposing its education systems and labour
markets to international competition. While acknowledging the
potentially positive aspects of mobility, they also reveal many of
the negative consequences arising from flaws in mobility governance
and inequalities in access to opportunities, arguing that when the
management of mobility goes 'wrong', we are left with a heightened
level of precariousness and the reproduction of social inequality.
This discussion will be of interest to those working within
Europe's mobility infrastructure, as well as policymakers in the
mobility field and students and scholars from across the social
sciences.
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