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Youth on the move : tendencies and tensions in youth policies and practices
This book intends to deepen the knowledge of the extended and uncertain transitions from school to work and to higher education by analysing the perspectives of youths and young adults and by addressing policies and institutional practices. The book critically examines the ‘transition machinery’ consisting of various education and training measures, projects and schemes, provided by educati…
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- 9789523690097
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- 206 p.; 22 cm.
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- 371.227 YOU y
Smooth path or long and winding road?: how intitutions shape the transition f…
The book uses a comparative study of Germany and Britain to reveal how national institutions shape the labour market careers of higher education graduates. It identifies four institutional spheres that are important: the structure of higher education systems, the content of study, the structure of graduate labour markets, and labour market flexibility. Due to country differences, the transition…
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- 9783940755421
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- 280p.: ill.
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- 370.11 LEU s
The human side of innovation systems: innovation, new organization forms and …
The aim of this book is to analyze the relationship between innovation, English employment and competence development within the framework of new learning organization forms. Knowledge production and innovation are often seen as linear processes, assuming that scientific results are followed by technological invention, production and market introduction. An alternative approach, which is chosen…
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- 8773077704
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- 191p.: ill.
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- 331.11423 NIE h
Youth and the politics of the Present
Youth and the Politics of the Present presents a range of topical sociological investigations into various aspects of the everyday practices of young adults in different European contexts. Indeed, this volume provides an original and provocative investigation of various current central issues surrounding the effects of globalization and the directions in which Western societies are steering the…
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- 9780367150990
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- 202 p.; 22 cm.
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- Routledge Advances in Sociology
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- 323.32 YOU y
Extended working life policies : international gender and health perspectives
This volume addresses the current debate on extended working life policy by considering the influence of gender and health on the experiences of older workers. Bringing together an international team of scholars, it tackles issues as gender, health status and job/ occupational characteristics that structure the capacity and outcomes associated with working longer. The volume starts with an over…
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- 9783030409852
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- xxiv, 515p. : ill.
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- 331.39 EXT e
The workplace of the future : the fourth industrial revolution, the precariat…
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book, The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies, Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life. The author contests that once the dust ha…
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- 9780429441219
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- vii, 121p. : ill.
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- 331.20112 JOH w
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