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The Crisis for Young People

Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Andy Green

    1. UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  4. Young People and Employment: The Age of Uncertainty

    • Andy Green
    Pages 45-62Open Access

  6. Wealth and Welfare: Breaking the Generational Contract

    • Andy Green
    Pages 79-86Open Access

  8. Policies for Intergenerational Equity Two: Housing

    • Andy Green
    Pages 109-120Open Access

  9. Political Power and Generational Prospects for the Future

    • Andy Green
    Pages 121-131Open Access

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 133-161
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About this book

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

This book provides an original and challenging analysis of one of the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it explores the extent and scope of generational divides through an up-to-date analysis of the changing opportunities for young people in Britain across different life domains. A central question addressed is whether current changes are best understood as growing inequalities within and across age groups, or whether we face a genuine intergenerational decline over the life course of this and future generations of youth. Andy Green’s controversial manifesto for intergenerational equity includes replacing higher education fees with a tax on graduates of all ages; the introduction of capital gains tax on sales of first homes; voting at 16, and a new charter of rights for private tenants.

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Keywords

  • Education, Housing and Employment shortages
  • NEET
  • Neoliberal economy
  • Widening participation in Education
  • Understanding the changing opportunities of education
  • Open Access
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Reviews

“Lucid, passionate and ground-breaking...this book will shock, hearten and galvanise in equal measure.” (Nikos Papadakis, Professor of Political Science, University of Crete, Greece)

“This book offers a highly significant contribution to public policy making.  All MPs should have to read it.” (Peter Mortimore, former Director of the Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

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Authors and Affiliations

  • UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, United Kingdom

    Andy Green

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About the author

Andy Green is Professor of Comparative Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education, and Director, since 2008, of the ERSC-funded Research Centre on Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES).  His recent research has focused on social cohesion regimes and the changing opportunity structures for young people. His latest books include: Handbook of Global Education Policy, 2016; Education and State Formation: Europe, East Asia and the USA; 2013 and Regimes of Social Cohesion: Societies and the Crisis of Globalisation, 2011. 

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Crisis for Young People

  • Book Subtitle: Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare

  • Authors: Andy Green

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58547-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58546-8Published: 14 July 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86425-9Published: 04 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58547-5Published: 28 June 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 161

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Education Economics, Education Policy, Sociology of Education

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