In Place of Work

Originally published in 1983, this book promotes understanding of the provision for the young unemployed in Britain in the 1980s, both in policy and practice, through a series of research-based papers.

Part 1. Overview Can there be an Effective Youth Unemployment Policy? David Raffe The Youth Opportunities Programme: Requiem and Rebirth Martin Loney Part 2: Experience Factor Training or Community Scheming? Tom Logan Community Projects - Signposts to More Radical Practice Mary Hopkins Inside the Work Introduction Course Rob Fiddy WEEP - Exploitation or Advantage? Howard Williamson Part 3: Cause and Effect The Impact of Mass Unemployment on Careers Guidance in the Durham Coalfield Derek Kirton Social Behaviour and the Young Unemployed Sue Bloxham Race, Riots and Unemployment John F. Schostak Part 4: Comparatives Entrepreneurship Education and Job Creation in the United States Robert Nelson & James A. Leach Boys Off the Street and Girls in the Home: Youth Unemployment and State Intervention in Northern Ireland Teresa Rees