Youth Training and the Search for Work by Denis Gleeson - 9781041228240

Youth Training and the Search for WorkAuthor(s): Denis Gleeson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041228240, 978-1041228240\nSynopsis\nFurther education (FE) is no longer a peripheral part of the education system in Britain. The dramatic changes in the labour market and the resulting patterns of youth unemployment in the 1980s radically altered conceptions of FE and training. An increasing number of young people aged sixteen to nineteen were spending significant amounts of time in FE programs, work experience, and vocational preparation courses.\n\nFirst published in 1983, Youth Training and the Search for Work explains how FE had come to occupy a central role in regulating youth labour markets, examines the extent to which FE had become a substitute for employment, and explores the consequences of FE practices on the lives and future employment prospects of young people, particularly in relation to class, race, an.