Disconnected Youth? Social Exclusion, the ‘Underclass’ & Economic Marginality

Most young people in the UK make relatively ‘successful’, unproblematic transitions from school to work and adulthood. What do we call those that do not? Labels imply explanation, not just description. Terms with academic and policy currency tend to define such young people by something they are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert MacDonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Social Work & Society 2008-12-01
Series:Social Work and Society
Online Access:https://ejournals.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/sws/article/view/45