Education, individualization and neoliberalism youth in Southern Europe
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London, UK
Bloomsbury Academic
2020
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| Schriftenreihe: | Bloomsbury critical education
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- On individualization and neoliberalism -- Central questions of the book -- Organization of content -- On southern Europe -- On youth -- 1 The extension and expansion of education -- Conceptualizing youth -- Changes in the educational system in the last sixty years -- How did this all change? -- Changes in the educational system in southern Europe -- Education and social mobility -- 2 The currency of academic credentials, consumerism and financial burdens -- Academic capitalism -- The debt generation The origins of consumer seduction for youth -- Conspicuous consumption, marketing seduction and subcultural identities -- The use of commodities: agency and subcultural capital -- Cashing on counter-culture identities -- Conclusion -- 3 Unemployment in the graduate economy -- The common post-war Anglo-American experience -- Changes in the labour market -- The situation in the south -- Conclusion -- 4 Neoliberal intersubjectivity: A way of doing things -- The structure of feeling of millennials -- Changes from collective to individual: From welfare ideology to neoliberal subjectivity Personal branding and the culture of perfectionism -- Conclusion -- 5 Shock-Absorbers for youth in the South -- Welfare provisions in the South -- Family formation and kinship ties -- Leaving parental home -- Family responsibility and gendered roles -- Conclusion -- 6 Slow motion changes in the South: The case of a small Southern European state -- The Maltese case -- Malta's colonial and postcolonial status -- Historical overview on opportunities for higher education -- Economic shifts in recent years -- Application of laissez-faire measures and individualization The spread of neoliberalism and individualization: Inhibiting cultural agents -- Conclusion -- 7 The meanings and feelings of tertiary-educated millennials in the South -- Fieldwork -- Social types of individual life biographies -- Degree of agency -- The degree of anxiety -- Negotiation and accommodation of cultural conditions -- Education and the job market -- Choices in consumption -- Compromised choices in the lives of women -- Conclusion -- Summary and conclusions -- Recommendations -- End remarks -- References -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource ( xiii, 178 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781350082472 1350082473 9781350082465 1350082465 |