Full Description
The New Southern European Diaspora: Youth, Unemployment, and Migration uses a qualitative and ethnographic approach to investigate the movement of young adults from areas in southern Europe that are still impacted by the 2008 economic crisis. With a particular focus on Spain, Portugal, and Italy, Ricucci examines the difficulties faced by young adults who are entering the labor market and are developing plans to move abroad. Ricucci further investigates mobility and its drivers, relationships among mobile youth and their social networks, perceptions of intra-European Union youth mobility, and the role of institutions, especially schools, in the development of mobility plans. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, political science, and economics.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Framing the Issue: The New Youth Mobility in EU
Chapter 2 Between Image and Reality: Is Italy Again an Emigration Country?
Chapter 3 Youth Between School and Labor
Chapter 4 Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Chapter 5 Please Don't Call Me an "Immigrant"
Chapter 6 School Stands Still: Experiences and Representations of Educational Paths
Conclusion
