Youth, Jobs, and the Future: Problems and Prospects [Paperback]

Youth, Jobs and the Future: Problems and Prospectsfeatures original essays by well-known sociologists, economists, educators, and labor leaders that investigate the multiple structural and cultural dimensions of youth unemployment and worsening socio-economic precarity. The volume offers a variety of analyses and suggestions for redressing the problem going forward including better school-to-work transitions, shorter hours, shared work, full employment, and basic income.While overall unemployment has declined, the unemployment rate remains nearly twice as high for young people 16 to 19 years of age and nearly three times as high for those aged 20 to 24. Rates of unemployment and underemployment are nearly two to three times higher for Black and Latino youth. InYouth, Jobs, and the Future, Lynn S. Chancer, Mart?n S?nchez-Jankowski, and Christine Trost have gathered a cast of well-known interdisciplinary scholars to confront the persistent issues of youth unemployment and worsening socio-economic precarity in the United States. The book explores structural and cultural causes of youth unemployment, their ramifications for both native and immigrant youth, and how middle- and working-class youth across diverse races and ethnicities are affected within and outside the legal economy. A needed contribution, this book locates solutions to youth unemployment in economic and political changes as well as changes in cultural attitudes.IntroductionLynn Chancer, Mart?n S?nchez-Jankowski and Christine TrostPART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: TRENDS AND MACROCONTEXTS1. The Employment Patterns of Young Adults, 1989-2014Mike Hout2. Precarious Work and Young Workers in the U.S.Arne KallebergPART TWO: PRIVILEGE AND DISADVANTAGE IN THE YOUTH LABOR MARKET3. Take this Job and Love It? The Millennial Work Ethic and the Politics of Getting Back to WorkJamie K. McCallum4. Real Jobs and Redshirting: Job Seeking Strategies for College-Educated YouthMaria Kefalas and Patrick Carr5. Pl3á