Youth Unemployment and Society

ISBN: 9780521028578 出版年：1994 页码：339 Anne C Petersen Jeylan T Mortimer Cambridge University Press

Contributors Foreword Klaus J. Jacobs Introduction Jeylan T. Mortimer Part I. Investment in Youth: 1. Youth, unemployment and marginality: the problem and the solution Laura E. Hess, Anne C. Petersen and Jeylan T. Mortimer 2. Social capital, human capital and investment in youth James S. Coleman 3. When may social capital influence children's school performance? John Modell Reply to John Modell James S. Coleman Reply to James S. Coleman John Modell Part II. Macrosocial Perspectives: 4. The historical context of transition to work and youth unemployment Helmut Fend 5. The causes of persistently high unemployment Michael White and David J. Smith Part III. Individual Perspectives: 6. Concepts of causation, tests of causal mechanisms and implications for intervention Michael Rutter 7. Individual differences as precursors of youth unemployment Jeylan T. Mortimer 8. The psychosocial consequences of youth unemployment Adrian Furnham Part IV. Social Consequences and Interventions: 9. Societal consequences of youth unemployment Hannie te Grotenhuis and Frans Meijers 10. Social roles for youth: interventions in unemployment Stephen F. Hamilton Part V. Implications for Research: 11. Youth: work and unemployment - a European perspective for research Hans Bertram 12. Conclusions: social structure and psychosocial dimensions of youth unemployment Walter R. Heinz Index.