Social Exclusion and the Remaking of Social Networks / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780754638155 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 03/14/2005 Series: Voices in Development Management Pages: 232 Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) How do young people make effective transitions into work? This question has occupied the minds of parents and young people, and also researchers and policy makers, as they face up to challenges presented by globalization and technological change. The foremost governmental response to this challenge has been to expand training systems to improve young people's qualifications. However, it is clear that for many this response has failed to deliver the promised rewards and the legitimation of this strategy has been exhausted. This book explores developments in training and in social welfare to show that third way administrations in England and New Zealand are reconnecting young people to the labour market through creating social networks. Social Exclusion and the Remaking of Social Networks describes how network