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Book SynopsisThe situation of young people in Europe has been significantly impacted by recent changes that have taken place in the job market. Young people’s life trajectories and transitions to adulthood are increasingly less linear, more segmented, and more reversible, with a rise in unemployment and the NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) phenomenon. This book aims to investigate the youth policies implemented in Europe and how they are integrated in the socio-economic contexts of the various member states and their welfare regimes, educational systems, and skills markets. A significant number of young adults neither study nor work, and live in a constant state of discouragement and inactivity, giving up on their search for job opportunities. The strategic choices implemented at the European level in response to this problem promote ALMPs (Active Labour Market Policies), including the creation of the Youth Guarantee Program, which is examined here both at the European level and, specifically, in the Italian context.
Table of ContentsYouth Policies and Unemployment in Europe Paola Giannoni Abstract Keywords Introduction 1 The Situation of Young Adults in Europe 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Changes in the Situation for Young Adults 1.3 Youth Studies: Different Analytical Perspectives 1.4 Regimes of Welfare Transition and Regimes of Youth Policies 1.5 The Youth Population in Europe: Family, Education, and Training Conditions 1.6 Conclusions 2 Youth Unemployment and Dynamics of the Labour Market 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The European Socio-economic Context 2.3 Youth Unemployment in Europe 2.4 Not in Education, Employment or Training: The NEET Phenomenon 2.5 NEETs in Europe 2.6 Conclusions 3 European Union Policies Designed to Combat Youth Unemployment 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The European Youth Strategy 3.3 EU Active Labour Market Policies 3.4 The Youth Guarantee Program in Europe 3.5 Education Policies and the Skills Market: The School-To-Work Transition 3.6 Conclusions 4 Young People and the Labour Market in Southern Europe: The Case of Italy 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The Reforms of the Labour Market in Italy 4.3 The Sub-protective Welfare State and the Youth Population 4.4 Youth Unemployment and the NEET Phenomenon at the Time of Covid-19 4.5 A Case of ALMP: The Youth Guarantee Program in Italy 4.6 Conclusions Conclusions References
