The Time of Youth Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa
Most young Africans are living in a state of "waithood," argues Alcinda Honwana, finding themselves suspended in limbo between childhood and adulthood. Failed neoliberal economic policies, bad governance, and political instability have caused stable jobs to disappear; and without jobs that...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Boulder
Lynne Rienner Publishers
[2012]
Kumarian Press [2012] |
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1043 DE-858 DE-859 DE-860 DE-739 DE-Aug4 DE-473 URL des Erstveröffentlichers |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Most young Africans are living in a state of "waithood," argues Alcinda Honwana, finding themselves suspended in limbo between childhood and adulthood. Failed neoliberal economic policies, bad governance, and political instability have caused stable jobs to disappear; and without jobs that pay living wages, these young people cannot become fully participating members of society. But that is only part of the story. Examining the lives of young people in Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia, Honwana focuses on the transformative potential of the waithood generation-not only in Africa, but also globally-as young people come to believe that the struggle to overcome their predicament requires radical social and political change. From organizing protests in the streets of Maputo, Dakar, Madrid, and New York, to sparking revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, the waithood generation, as we are reminded in The Time of Youth, is using its resources redress the wrongs of contemporary society |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (222 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781565494732 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9781565494732 |