The Crisis for Young People

The Crisis for Young People Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare

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The Crisis for Young People Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare

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The Crisis for Young People

Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare

Andy Green

Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

This book provides an original and challenging analysis of one of the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it explores the extent and scope of generational divides through an up-to-date analysis of the changing opportunities for young people in Britain across different life domains. A central question addressed is whether current changes are best understood as growing inequalities within and across age groups, or whether we face a genuine intergenerational decline over the life course of this and future generations of youth. Andy Green’s controversial manifesto for intergenerational equity includes replacing higher education fees with a tax on graduates of all ages; the introduction of capital gains tax on sales of first homes; voting at 16, and a new charter of rights for private tenants.

Andy Green is Professor of Comparative Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education, and Director, since 2008, of the ERSC-funded Research Centre on Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES).  His recent research has focused on social cohesion regimes and the changing opportunity structures for young people. His latest books include: Handbook of Global Education Policy, 2016; Education and State Formation: Europe, East Asia and the USA; 2013 and Regimes of Social Cohesion: Societies and the Crisis of Globalisation, 2011. 


Publication Date: 14 July 2017
Publisher: Centre for Research on Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES)
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 9783319585468
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 161

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