Choice biographies and transitional linearity : re-conceptualising modern youth transitions

It has been suggested that youth transitions have become increasingly protracted and complex and that routes between school and work, which were once viewed as linear and predictable, have been replaced by a set of movements that are more fragmented. Our aim in this paper is to contextualise these c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Furlong, Andy, Cartmel, Fred, Biggart, Andy
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:13024
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/13024
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/papers/v79n0.834
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Transicions juvenils
Biografies d'elecció
Treball juvenil
Atur juvenil
Youth transitions
Choice biographies
Youth employment
Youth unemployment
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Sumario:It has been suggested that youth transitions have become increasingly protracted and complex and that routes between school and work, which were once viewed as linear and predictable, have been replaced by a set of movements that are more fragmented. Our aim in this paper is to contextualise these changes in an attempt to capture the degree of complexity characteristic of modern transitions and to explore the implications for patterns of labour market integration. We argue that there has been a tendency to exaggerate processes of de-linearisation and that the modern tendency to regard transitional complexity as symptomatic of «choice biographies» can help mask structures of disadvantage.