{"product_id":"hope-is-cut-9781439904800","title":"Hope Is Cut","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA detailed look at young men in urban Ethiopia that reveals the impact of economic development and globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hope Is Cut is a thoughtful, penetrating, and moving analysis of the lives of young men in Ethiopia and how their predicament sheds light on existing debates in social theory regarding time, space, temporal narratives of progress, social stratification, youth, and neoliberal capitalism in Africa. Mains’s book not only looks at an issue of great importance in the contemporary world; it also connects the study of youth to issues in broader social theory. Hope Is Cut should have a wide array of potential applications and a long shelf life.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Jennifer Cole, Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, and author of Sex and Salvation: Imagining the Future in Madagascar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Youth, Hope, Stratification, and Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The Historical and Cultural Roots of Unemployment and Stratification in Urban Ethiopia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Imagining Hopeful Futures through Khat and Film\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 “We Live Like Chickens; We Are Just Eating and Sleeping”: Progress, Education, and the Temporal Struggles of Young Men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Working toward Hope: Youth Unemployment, Occupational Status, and Values\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Hopeful Exchanges: Reciprocity and Changing Dimensions of Urban Stratification\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Spatial Fixes to Temporal Problems: Migration, Social Relationships, and Work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Sustaining Hope in the Present and the Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408303858007,"sku":"9781439904800","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439904800.jpg?v=1730502358","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hope-is-cut-9781439904800","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}