This volume draws attention to the concept of social exclusion in the
context of unemployment as well as to vulnerable groups of young
unemployed people with regard to social exclusion in six European
countries. It is based upon the results of an international research
project (Youth Unemployment an Social Exclusion: Dimensions, Subjective
Experiences, and Innovative Institutional Responses in Six Countries of
the EU) (YUSEDER) conducted in the framework of the research programme
Targeted Socio-Economic Research (TSER) of the European Commission.
Partners from six European countries with differing scientific
backgrounds (health psychology, public health research, psychatry,
industrial sociology, medical sociology) from six European countries
participated in this project.
The concept of social exclusion has gained an impressive importance in
the European policy debate. The refused entry to the labor market for
members of the younger generation increases the risk of social exclusion
for the affected youth as well as for the social fabric in general. The
contributions of this volume illustrate an initial approach to analysing
and comparing theoretical reflections about the meaning and extent of
social exclusion for young unemployed people from a comparative
perspective. The research has been carried out in three Northern
European countries (Sweden, Germany, Belgium) an three Southern European
Countries (Spain, Italy, Greece). For each country a specific national
report ist presented.
The comparative section describes and attempts to explain the
similarities and dissimilarities between countries having rather diverse
histrorical and social understandings of being socially excluded or
marginalised für young people
This volume draws attention to the concept of social exclusion in the
context of unemployment as well as to vulnerable groups of young
unemployed people with regard to social exclusion in six European
countries. It is based upon the results of an internation
