Youth, Diversity and Employment

Edited by Rune Halvorsen, Associate Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University and Bjørn Hvinden, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

• Contents:Preface1. IntroductionRune Halvorsen and Bjørn Hvinden2. Young People at Risk. School Dropout and Labour Market Exclusion in the Nordic countries Christer Hyggen, Lidija Kolouh-Söderlund, Terje Olsen and Jenny Tägtström 3. Youth Labour Market Outsiderness: The Nordic Model compared with Britain and GermanyMartin Seeleib-Kaiser and Thees F. Spreckelsen4. Early School Leaving and Labour Market Inclusion in the Nordic Countries Olof Bäckman, Vibeke Jakobsen, Thomas Lorentzen and Eva Österbacka5. Minority Ethnic Youth in the Nordic Labour Market. Policy Responses and Outcomes Susan Niknami, Lena Schröder and Eskil Wadensjö6. New Approach to Promoting Youth Inclusion in the Labour Market? Disability in the Nordic Welfare States Rune Halvorsen, Bjørn Hvinden, Susan Kuivalainen and Mi Ah Schøyen 7. Nordic Disability Employment Laws and Policies in a Human Rights PerspectiveOddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, Marianne Jenum Hotvedt, Kevat Nousianen and Maria Ventegodt 8. Social networks, recruitment strategies and the ambiguities of employment activation programmes: perspectives of employers and vulnerable youth Rannveig Traustadóttir, James G. Rice and Kristjana Jokumsen9. Integrated discussion: managing diversity among youth in Nordic social protection policies Rune Halvorsen and Bjørn Hvinden Index

‘This book is an important contribution to the welfare state literature as well as the school-to-work transition literature, on three regards in particular. First, it provides an in-depth empirical analysis of the situation of young people and of policy reforms in Nordic countries, which are comparatively highly relevant, both from a scientific and a political point of view. Second, authors do not focus only on one policy sector and try to take into account many policies at the same time, which is crucial if one wants to take “regimes” or “institutional complementarities” seriously. Third, they deal with specific groups of vulnerable young people usually overlooked in the literature, i.e. minority ethnic youth and young people with disabilities.’