Youth, Work and the Post-Fordist Self, livre ebook

Offers a conceptual innovation and a significant intervention in the traditional ‘school to work transition’ literature;

Examines contemporary social changes impacting on youth, giving voice to young people themselves;

The author is a prominent name in the sociology of youth and sociology of work;

The strong, original data provides important insights about regions of high unemployment in Australia which will be relevant in an international context.

In the past, youth has been seen as a transition into the labour market, but today young people’s identities are increasingly wrapped up in their value as workers.

In this book, young people describe the meaning of work in their own words. Drawing on these narratives, the author reveals how their identities are intertwined with the dynamics of labour and value in post-Fordist capitalism and how social inequalities are manifested through the practices and ethics that young people draw upon to cultivate an economically productive self.

Illuminating the rapidly changing social conditions that mould youth identities, this book represents a paradigm shift in our understanding of youth and work.

Young People, Work and Society: New Terrain

Youth in the New Economy: The Post-Fordist Self

Passionate Subjects and the Middle-Class Self at Work

Subjects of Achievement: Social Mobility, Competence and Aspiration

Socially Appropriate and Credentialled: The Struggle for the Working Self

Conclusion: Young People in the Work Society

Methodological Afterword