A young generation under pressure
Subtitle: the financial situation and the "rush hour" of the cohorts 1970-1985 in a generational comparison
By: Joerg Chet Tremmel, editor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9783642034824
Subjects: Social conditions; Employment; Young adults
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The persistent pandemic of precariousness: young people at work / Lefteris Kretos; title: Comparing welfare regime changes: living standards and the unequal life chances of different birth cohorts / Louis Chauvel; title: How does globalization affect the life courses of young men and women in modern societies? / Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Melinda Mills; title: Traditional inequalities and new insecurities: long-term trends in the transition to the labor market in Germany / Steffen Hillmert; title: German bundestag survey on intergenerational justice in the labour market / Joerg Chet Tremmel and Patrick Wegner; title: On the way to life-domains balance: success factors and obstacles / Harald Lothaller; title: Shifting parenthood to advanced reproductive ages: trends, causes and consequences / Tomás̆ Sobotka; title: The "rush hour" of life: insecurities and strains in early life phases as a challenge for a life course-oriented, sustainable social policy / Ute Klammer; title: Age groups and generations: lines of conflict and potentials for integration / Martin Kohli; title: Who wants what from the welfare state? Socio-structural cleavages in distributional politics: evidence from Swiss referendum votes / Giuliano Bonoli and Silja Häusermann; title: Being less active and outnumbered? / Achim Goerres; title: The emergence of pensioners' parties in contemporary Europe / Seán Hanley.