The Youth Unemployment Crisis: A Reference Handbook

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Labour & Employment, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science

• Author: Christina G. Villegas
• ISBN: 9781440859755
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication: December 31, 2018
• Imprint: ABC-CLIO
• Language: English

Surveys the history of youth unemployment and identifies key issues underlying the current crisis.

• Explains the nature, scope, and consequences of the youth unemployment crisis in a way that is accessible for general readers

• Includes a perspectives chapter that allows for the voices of many individuals to be heard, including those of policy experts and advocates for disenfranchised youth

• Gives general readers a better of understanding of who is involved in combating the youth unemployment crisis and provides a foundation for further research in profile and references chapters, respectively

• Explores the role that politics played in causing the crisis and how policy could better address it