Contents

pp iii-iv

List of tables and figures

pp v-v

Acknowledgements

pp vi-vi

Notes on contributors

pp vii-x

Introduction

pp 1-12

Part One - The reconstruction of youth citizenship

pp 13-14

one - Youth in the labour market: citizenship or exclusion?

pp 15-40

two - Social protection policies for young people: a cross-national comparison

pp 41-62

Part Two - Changing labour markets: inclusion and exclusion

pp 63-64

three - Young people and their contemporary labour market values

pp 65-80

four - Youth unemployment and job-seeking behaviour in Europe

pp 81-98

five - Winners and losers: young people in the ‘new economy’

pp 99-114

six - Young people in the labour market in Hungary and Slovenia: problems and perspectives

pp 115-136

seven - Excluded youth or young citizens? Ethnicity, young people and the labour market in three EU countries

pp 137-160

eight - Activation or alienation: youth unemployment within different European welfare communities

pp 161-182

Part Three - Policy options

pp 183-184

nine - Vocational education and the integration of young people in the labour market: the case of the Netherlands

pp 185-204

ten - Young people’s transitions between education and the labour market: the Italian case

pp 205-226

eleven - Integration into work through active labour market policies in different welfare state regimes

pp 227-242

Conclusion - Fractured transitions: the changing context of young people’s labour market situations in Europe

pp 243-258

References

pp 259-286

Index

pp 287-294