Poor Transitions
Social Exclusion and Young Adults
Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol
56 pages
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8 1/4 x 11 3/4
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© 2004
This report provides a detailed picture of the processes that shape 'poor transitions'. The authors argue that understanding social exclusion and devising effective policies to reduce it requires immersion in the experiences of the socially excluded. Specifically, the report charts the longer-term transitions and outcomes of young adults who had grown up in a context of social exclusion as they reached their mid- to late-twenties; aids understanding of the key influences on social inclusion and exclusion for this age group; examines the young adults' extended participation in education, training and employment, their experiences of family life, and criminal and drug-using careers and draws out the implications for policy and practice interventions. Poor transitions is aimed at academics, policy makers, practitioners and general readers interested in an in-depth account of the biographical experiences of the socially excluded.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
Executive summary
1. Introduction
‘Miserable measures’: a profile of deprived neighbourhoods
Social exclusion and extended youth transitions
Research aims
Research methodology
2. Continuity and change in the extended transitions of socially excluded young adults
The ‘education, training and employment’ sub-sample
The ‘family’ sub-sample
The ‘criminal and/or drug-using’ sub-sample
3. Broader experiences of extended transitions
The persistence of poverty
Leaving home and social housing
Leisure careers: making the most of ‘staying in’
Social networks: strong bonds but weak bridges
‘Critical moments’: the unpredictable consequences of bereavement and ill-health
4. Summary and conclusions
Continuity and change in extended transitions
Social exclusion, poverty and social networks
De-industrialisation and the intergenerational experience of family disadvantage
Learning from more successful transitions?
5. Implications for policy
The cause and effects of social exclusion
Principles and practice for tackling social exclusion
Extended, holistic and ‘joined-up’ policy or ‘employability’?
Area regeneration, social integration and the redistribution of wealth
6. Policy conclusions
References
Appendix: cross-sectional profile of the achieved sample
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