Child Poverty, Youth (Un)Employment, and Social Inclusion

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Economic Policy

• Author: Thomas Pogge, Amélia Bastos, Stefanos Papanastasiou, Christos Papatheodorou, Maria Petmesidou, Aldrie Henry-Lee, Alberto Minujín, Diego Born, María Laura Lombardía, Enrique Delamonica, Luis Garrido, Rodolfo Gutiérrez, Ana M. Guillén, Apostolos Dedoussopoulos, Eva Maria Papachristopoulou, Sofia Adam, Catherina Schenck, Phillip Blaauw, Jacoba Viljoen, I-Chie Fang
• ISBN: 9783838269122
• Publisher: ibidem
• Publication: October 10, 2016
• Imprint: ibidem
• Language: English

Worldwide child and youth poverty and deprivation remain the biggest barrier to achieving a better life in adulthood. Progress in lifting children out of poverty in the last decades has been slow and limited in the developing world, while the recent global economic crisis has exacerbated child poverty, youth unemployment, and social exclusion in many developed countries. By critically unraveling the long-term consequences of growing up poor, the close linkages between multiple deprivations and violation of human rights in childhood and adolescence, and their effects on labor market entry and future career in a number of developing and developed countries, this book significantly enriches the existing literature. Drawing on multiple disciplinary perspectives, it makes a forceful case for the eradication of child poverty to take center stage in the Sustainable Development Goals.