Poor Transitions - Webster, Colin; Simpson, Donald; Macdonald, Robert; Abbas, Andrea; Cieslik, Mark; Shildrick, Tracy; Simpson, Mark
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Based on a rare example of longitudinal, qualitative research with hard-to-reach young adults, this study throws into question common approaches to understanding and tackling social exclusion. A key conclusion is that in disadvantaged labor markets current welfare to work policies often entrap individuals in low-paid, precarious poor work, thus entrenching their social exclusion. The report provides a detailed insight into the processes that shape poor transitions and, in particular, highlights: young adults encounters with education, training and employment and their attempts to establish…mehr

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Based on a rare example of longitudinal, qualitative research with hard-to-reach young adults, this study throws into question common approaches to understanding and tackling social exclusion. A key conclusion is that in disadvantaged labor markets current welfare to work policies often entrap individuals in low-paid, precarious poor work, thus entrenching their social exclusion. The report provides a detailed insight into the processes that shape poor transitions and, in particular, highlights: young adults encounters with education, training and employment and their attempts to establish more rewarding working lives; the choices and constraints facing young mothers as they try to balance childcare and paid employment; the complicated factors that lead some adults to desist from crime and drug use and some to persist; and the impact of growing up in poor neighborhoods on the longer term transitions of young people. The authors argue that understanding social exclusion and dev
Autorenporträt
Colin Webster is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Donald Simpson is a Researcher, Robert MacDonald is Professor of Sociology, Andrea Abbas, Mark Cieslik and Tracy Shildrick are Senior Lecturers in Sociology, and Mark Simpson is Principal Lecturer in Criminology. All work at the University of Teesside.