Full Description
Worldwide child and youth poverty 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. This book critically examines the long-term consequences of growing up poor, the close linkages between deprivation and human rights violations in childhood and adolescence, and their effects on labor market entry and future career in a number of developing and developed countries. 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.
Contents
List of Abbreviations Note on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction, by Maria Petmesidou, Enrique Delamonica, Christos Papatheodorou, and Aldrie Henry-Lee Part I: Child and Youth Poverty, Rights and Social Protection A Review of Child Poverty Approaches: The European Union Experience, by Amelia Bastos Child Poverty and Intergenerational Poverty Transmission in the EU: What Is the Impact of Social Protection Policies and Institutions?, by Stefanos Papanastasiou, Christos Papatheodorou, and Maria Petmesidou Child Poverty, Child Rights in Small Island Developing States (SIDS): The Case of the Caribbean, by Aldrie Henry-Lee Part II: Youth (Un)employment and Social Exclusion: Trends and Policy Issues Unpacking the NEETs of Latin America and the Caribbean: Methodological Challenges and Surprising Results, by Alberto Minujin, Diego Born, Maria Laura Lombardia, and Enrique Delamonica "Biographical Dualism": Youth Employment and Poverty Patterns in Spain, by Luis Garrido, by Rodolfo Gutierrez Youth in the Greek Labor Market, by Apostolos Dedoussopoulos and Eva Maria Papachristopoulou Social Enterprises, Social and Solidarity Economy, and Youth: What Is the Role for Policy-Making? "Generation Nowhere": The Youth in South Africa's Informal Economy-the Case of Day Laborers and Waste Pickers "Independent, yet Not Grown Up": Young Migrant Workers' Journeys in post-Mao China Conclusion
