Title: Hope is cut : youth, unemployment, and the future in urban Ethiopia /
Authors: Mains, Daniel, 1975-
Publisher: Temple University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Urban youth Ethiopia Social conditions.; Urban youth Employment Ethiopia.; Urban youth Ethiopia Attitudes.; Ethiopia Economic conditions.
Contents: Introduction: youth, hope, stratification, and time -- The historical and cultural roots of unemployment and stratification in urban Ethiopia -- Imagining hopeful futures through khat and film -- "We live like chickens, we are just eating and sleeping": progress, education and the temporal struggles of young men -- Working towards hope: youth unemployment, occupational status, and values -- Hopeful exchanges: reciprocity and changing dimensions of urban stratification -- Spatial fixes to temporal problems: migration, social relationships, and work -- Conclusions: sustaining hope in the present and the future.