From Being to Becoming: The Importance of Tackling Youth Poverty in Transitions To Adulthood

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan France
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Transitions To Adulthood ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Home

The central emphasis of New Labour's anti-poverty strategy has been on tackling child poverty. While such an approach is both important and valuable youth poverty has been given limited attention. Low and unstable incomes are a major cause of poverty amongst young people and risks are greatly increased as they try to live independently and move out of the family home. In the discussion that follows, I argue that New Labour's continued commitment to the social exclusion agenda has marginalised both the problem of youth poverty and the necessary solutions. Social exclusion policy is more concerned with responsiblising families and young people and disciplining them to work regardless of its value. Little attention is given to addressing the problems of youth incomes or providing adequate housing support for those most vulnerable to poverty.

Modern forms of assistance to solve families difficult cases and their adolescent children

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-133
Author(s):  
Marzena Możdżyńska
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Event ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
The Social ◽  
Difficult Cases ◽  
Complex Activities

Abstract In recent decades, we observe a significant disorganization of family life, especially in the sphere of parental functions performed by unprepared for the role emotional, socially and economically young people. Lack of education, difficulties in finding work, and the lack of prospects for positive change are the main causes of their impoverishment and progressive degradation in the social hierarchy. Reaching young people at risk of social exclusion and provide them with comprehensive care, should be a priority of modern social work and educational work. In order to provide help this social group and cope with the adverse event created a lot of programs to support systemically start in life. An example would be presented in the article KARnet 15+ program as a form of complex activities of a person stimulating subjectivity, and allows you to modify support in individual cases

scholarly journals Praca wychowawcza z dziewczętami wykluczonymi społecznie – w ujęciu bł. Marii Karłowskiej (1865–1935)

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 337-348
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Wasilewska-Ostrowska
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
The Social ◽  
Universal Values ◽  
Socially Excluded ◽  
Work Education

Educational Work with Socially Excluded Girls – in Terms of the Blessed Maria Karłowska (1865–1935) This text presents the concept of education developed by Blessed Maria Karłowska (1865–1935). The foundress of the Congregation of the Shepherds of Divine Providence worked all her life with socially excluded people, especially girls and young women who were prostitutes. She established care and educational centers for them, where, together with her colleagues, she helped them to overcome their life crises. Several important assumptions can be distinguished in the educational system introduced by Karłowska. First of all, the social and moral development of the pupil was important. Much emphasis was placed on apprenticeship and work. Education to freedom, independence, and citizenship was also a priority, which was based on the assumptions of the pedagogy of dialogue and love. The educators had to show patience and understanding, work on the resources of the charges, and also prevent risky behaviors. Despite the passage of time, this concept has not lost its importance as it is based on universal values that are fundamental in educational work with young people at risk of social exclusion.

The Effects of Limited Work Opportunities on Transitions to Adulthood among Young Refugees in Uganda and Jordan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Shand ◽  
Lorraine van Blerk ◽  
Laura Prazeres ◽  
Badru Bukenya ◽  
Rawan Ibrahim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Transitions To Adulthood ◽  
The Social ◽  
Displaced Children ◽  
Legal Restrictions ◽  
Individual Ability ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Young people constitute more than half of global refugee populations, yet there is limited research into the impact of displacement on transitions into adult life. With the average period of protracted displacement extending beyond 20 years, insight is needed into how the experience of being a refugee shapes the expectations and lives of young people. This article examines the effects of weak and restricted labour markets on the transitions of young refugees into adulthood. Drawing from research undertaken with displaced children and youth in Uganda and Jordan, the article explores how a lack of work opportunities affects individual ability to achieve financial independence and, more widely, to obtain the social recognition associated with adulthood. The research finds how a dependence on precarious work and the effects of legal restrictions on employment curtail transitions to adulthood, highlighting the importance of national and humanitarian policy support to help young refugees establish stable livelihoods.

scholarly journals “If He/She Had Been Like the Rest of Us”. How Do Young People Describe Their Schoolmates Who Are Different from Others in the Group?

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Minna Saarinen ◽  
Satu Mattila
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Technical Institute ◽  
School Year ◽  
The Social ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
The Family ◽  
Upper Secondary Schools

The article examines issues related to peer interactions and group joining in upper secondary schools in Finland. The study elaborates on how young people describe students who are left out/excluded or who remain outside the social networks. The study also elucidates on how a student can join the group. The research is motivated by the current educational ethos, which emphasizes inclusion and tolerance. The data were collected from an upper secondary school and vocational and technical institute. The students were asked to recall the prior high school year and write an essay on the topic. A total of 49 students wrote about their memories. The data were analyzed using inductive content analysis, and the study found that students are either excluded or included due to the social skills they possess. Those who do not exhibit the same approach to being in a group will stay on the sidelines. The essays also described factors that connect students, such as hobbies and leisure activities. Similarity in many external factors (e.g., the family’s economic situation) unites students. Contrary to expectations, young people described themselves, and not just others, as outsiders.

Intergenerational transfer of a sports-related lifestyle within the family

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christelle Hayoz ◽  
Claudia Klostermann ◽  
Jürg Schmid ◽  
Torsten Schlesinger ◽  
Siegfried Nagel
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Intergenerational Transfer ◽  
Social Differences ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

The intergenerational transfer of a sports-related lifestyle within the family is a potential way to explain the social differences in sports participation that are displayed by young people. In this article, the importance of a sports-related lifestyle within the family, as well as parents’ educational background and sports participation in childhood, in the sports participation of adolescents and young adults is examined from the perspective of socialisation theory. Structural equation modelling was used to demonstrate that all of the examined predictors have significant positive effects on the current sports participation of individuals between the ages of 15 and 30 years ( N = 4028; M = 21.48; SD = 4.64). The most pronounced effect on sports participation was observed for a sports-related lifestyle in the family.

Rebuilding the family: 1940s–1950s

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Hendrick
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Social Democracy ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
John Bowlby ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Home ◽  
Donald Winnicott

The chapter examines the idea of 'the family' within the context of the so-called 'Golden Age' in social and economic affairs that was said to prevail from the late 1940s through to the early 1970s. It begins with a survey of the social democratic ideals regarding 'mental progress', as expressed in sections of Atlee's Labour Party, and of the Party's failure to convert the electorate to socialist ethics. It then goes on to provide a sustained account of the ideas and popular influence of John Bowlby and Donald Winnicott, emphasizing the significance they attributed to family, home, and the 'the bonds of love', particularly between mothers and young children, for the evolution of an emotionally mature social democracy in the post-1945 atomic age.

scholarly journals Strategies for the Prevention of Social Exclusion: An Analysis of the Children's Fund

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIAN BARNES ◽  
KATE MORRIS
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Marginalised Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Term Impact

AbstractThe Children's Fund involved the development of partnerships in every local authority in England to prevent the social exclusion of children and young people. This article draws from the national evaluation of this initiative to consider the strategies used to implement the Fund, and reflect on their capacity to address the multiple dimensions of exclusion experienced by marginalised groups of children and young people. It discusses the contested nature of the concept of social exclusion, but argues that this is a useful framework for understanding the processes by which children may become excluded and for assessing the capacity of strategies to address this. It concludes that the Children's Fund is likely to have limited long-term impact in this respect.

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