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School-aged workers: Industrial citizens in waiting?

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posted on 2018-07-31, 00:00 authored by P McDonald, J Bailey, Robin Price, B Pini
While the literature points to significant shifts in young peoples’ labour market participation and the social, economic and political context in which this has occurred, it tells us little about whether and in what sense young people can be considered as industrial citizens. We explored the notion of youth citizenship using data derived from 48 focus groups conducted with 216 young people (13-16 years of age) at 19 high schools in Australia. The findings reveal the ways in which several key dimensions of industrial citizenship come to be shaped and have implications for addressing the vulnerability of youth in employment and informing policy and action.

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Volume

50

Issue

3

Start Page

315

End Page

330

Number of Pages

16

eISSN

1741-2978

ISSN

1440-7833

Publisher

Sage Publications

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Queensland University of Technology; Griffith University

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Journal

Journal of Sociology

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