ABSTRACT
Examining how youths in fourteen industrialized societies make the transition to adulthood in an era of globalization and rising uncertainty, this collection of essays investigates the impact that institutions working with social groups of youths have upon those youths' abilities to make adult decisions determining their life courses.
Covering both Europe and North America, the book includes case studies, and contains country-specific contributions on conservative, social-democratic, post-socialist, liberal and familistic welfare regimes, as well as data from the GLOBALIFE project.
Filling the gap in the market on the micro effects of globalization on individuals, and taking an empirical approach to the topic, this impressive volume brings the individual and nation-specific institutions back into the discussion on globalization.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |45 pages
Introduction
chapter |22 pages
Globalization and the Early Life Course
part |88 pages
Country-Specific Contributions on Conservative Welfare Regimes
part |41 pages
Country-Specific Contributions on Social-Democratic Welfare Regimes
part |77 pages
Country-Specific Contributions on Post-Socialist Welfare Regimes
part |81 pages
Country-Specific Contributions on Post-Socialist Welfare Regimes
chapter |28 pages
The Transition to Adulthood in Canada
chapter |22 pages
The Case of American Women1
part |101 pages
Country-Specific Contributions on Familistic Welfare Regimes
chapter |26 pages
Globalization and the transition to adulthood in Italy
chapter |30 pages
The Spanish Case
part |21 pages
Conclusions and Discussion