1st Edition
In Place of Work Policy and Provision for the Young Unemployed
Originally published in 1983, this book promotes understanding of the provision for the young unemployed in Britain in the 1980s, both in policy and practice, through a series of research-based papers. Various strategies are analyzed which were available to policy makers. The place of black youth amongst the unemployed, and the connections between unemployment and street violence are also discussed. The book focusses on Britain but high levels of youth unemployment were found all over the Western world during that period.
Part 1. Overview Can there be an Effective Youth Unemployment Policy? David Raffe The Youth Opportunities Programme: Requiem and Rebirth Martin Loney Part 2: Experience Factor Training or Community Scheming? Tom Logan Community Projects – Signposts to More Radical Practice Mary Hopkins Inside the Work Introduction Course Rob Fiddy WEEP – Exploitation or Advantage? Howard Williamson Part 3: Cause and Effect The Impact of Mass Unemployment on Careers Guidance in the Durham Coalfield Derek Kirton Social Behaviour and the Young Unemployed Sue Bloxham Race, Riots and Unemployment John F. Schostak Part 4: Comparatives Entrepreneurship Education and Job Creation in the United States Robert Nelson & James A. Leach Boys Off the Street and Girls in the Home: Youth Unemployment and State Intervention in Northern Ireland Teresa Rees
Biography
Rob Fiddy
Original Reviews of In Place of Work:
‘These essays, with their valuable bibliographies would make an admirable starting point, not only for considering the policies of the past decade but also for assessing the likely impact and consequences of the YTS [Youth Training Scheme].’ Richard K. Brown British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol 5 No. 1 (1984)
‘…The book offers a good deal of original material…’ Virginia Scott, Educational Research Volume 26, No. 1 (1984)
