Vol. 12 No. 2 (2014): Creating Capabilities for Socially Vulnerable Youth in Europe

Published: 2014-10-28

Special Issue: "Creating Capabilities for Socially Vulnerable Youth in Europe"

• Editorial: Creating Capabilities for Socially Vulnerable Youth in Europe

  Susanne Gottuck, Hans-Uwe Otto

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Chapter 1: A capability response to educational reforms in times of economic dominance

• The Shades of Employability: A Capability Study of VET Students' Freedoms and Oppressions in Spain

  Aurora López Fogués

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• Why Am I Less Than the Others? A Biographical Study of First Generation Students’ Vulnerability in Portuguese Higher Education

  Ana Sofia Ribeiro

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• The Long Shadow of Doctoral Candidate Status. Case Study - Poland

  Krystian Szadkowski

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Chapter 2: A capability perspective on Active Labour Market Policy measures and young people in transition

• Going beyond Work-First and Human Capital approaches to employability: the added-value of the Capability Approach

  Margherita Bussi

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• The Activating Role of Welfare Institutions and the Voices of the Youth in Transition from School to Work

  Virva Leppänen

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• The Capability Approach and Sociological Conceptions of Human Agency: An Empirical Assessment on the Basis of an Analysis of Activation Policies

  Stephan Dahmen

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Chapter 3: Migration, aspirations and autonomy: Young migrant people in different educational settings in Europe

• Towards a Migrant-Centred Perspective on International Migration: The Contribution of Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach

  Sara Bonfanti

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• Becoming Actors of their Lives: A Relational Autonomy Approach to Employment and Education Choices of Refugee Young People in London, UK

  D.E. Gateley

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• What is the Relation between School Failure, Youth Gangs and Capability Deprivation for Children of Migrants? The Case of Young People of Ecuadorian Origin in Spain

  Maria Ron Balsera

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Chapter 4: The Capability Approach and quantitative perspectives on young people in transition

• Does Education Matter? The Value of Higher Education for Voice and Agency in Sweden

  Annica Brännlund

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• A Capability Perspective on Employability of Higher Education Graduates in Bulgaria

  Petya Ilieva-Trichkova

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• Developing and Testing Tools to Measure Youth Capabilities: Theoretical Rationales and Empirical Procedures within a Cross-National Pilot Survey Project

  Vincenzo Mauro

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