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Young people, welfare reform and social insecurity

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Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Abstract

This article traces the continuities between welfare reforms pursued under New Labour and those proposed by the Coalition government in the UK. It suggests that these reforms sought and continue to seek to discipline young people to accept low-paid, insecure work and unemployment and thereby entrench their poverty and disadvantage. The article argues that faced with this social and economic insecurity many young people may opt for informal opportunities in the shadow economy where they will become further dislocated from the socio-economic mainstream.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 1-20

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Youth and Policy (Volume 108)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/03/2012

Publication status

Published - 01/03/2012

ISSN

0262-9798

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/300043

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