Young people and mental health in the risk society: The impact of labor market insecurity

The paper analyses the impact of labor market insecurity on mental health of young people in contemporary societies. This insecurity has been viewed as a part of new risks in the (global) risk society. Difficult transitions to adulthood have been mostly characterized by hardships in transition from...

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Main Authors: Mojić Dušan C., Jeličić Aleksandra Č.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade 2019-01-01
Series:Sociološki Pregled
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2019/0085-63201901160M.pdf
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spelling doaj-3141673c266b43bdac759c99d39bc8a42021-04-02T05:32:39ZengSerbian Sociological Association, BelgradeSociološki Pregled0085-63202560-48802019-01-015311601770085-63201901160MYoung people and mental health in the risk society: The impact of labor market insecurityMojić Dušan C.0Jeličić Aleksandra Č.1Univerzitet u Beogradu, Filozofski fakultet, Odeljenje za sociologijuKBC "Zvezdara", BeogradThe paper analyses the impact of labor market insecurity on mental health of young people in contemporary societies. This insecurity has been viewed as a part of new risks in the (global) risk society. Difficult transitions to adulthood have been mostly characterized by hardships in transition from education to employment. Relative employment security and "standard" careers of previous generations have been replaced by delayed, fragmented and diversified education-to-work life pathways. Imposed individualization in the circumstances of scarce and unevenly distributed resources can often affect the mental health of young people.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2019/0085-63201901160M.pdfyouthlabor marketrisk societymental health
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author Mojić Dušan C.
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Jeličić Aleksandra Č.
Young people and mental health in the risk society: The impact of labor market insecurity
Sociološki Pregled
youth
labor market
risk society
mental health
author_facet Mojić Dušan C.
Jeličić Aleksandra Č.
author_sort Mojić Dušan C.
title Young people and mental health in the risk society: The impact of labor market insecurity
title_short Young people and mental health in the risk society: The impact of labor market insecurity
title_full Young people and mental health in the risk society: The impact of labor market insecurity
title_fullStr Young people and mental health in the risk society: The impact of labor market insecurity
title_full_unstemmed Young people and mental health in the risk society: The impact of labor market insecurity
title_sort young people and mental health in the risk society: the impact of labor market insecurity
publisher Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade
series Sociološki Pregled
issn 0085-6320
2560-4880
publishDate 2019-01-01
description The paper analyses the impact of labor market insecurity on mental health of young people in contemporary societies. This insecurity has been viewed as a part of new risks in the (global) risk society. Difficult transitions to adulthood have been mostly characterized by hardships in transition from education to employment. Relative employment security and "standard" careers of previous generations have been replaced by delayed, fragmented and diversified education-to-work life pathways. Imposed individualization in the circumstances of scarce and unevenly distributed resources can often affect the mental health of young people.
topic youth
labor market
risk society
mental health
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2019/0085-63201901160M.pdf
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