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Career Guidance and Livelihood Planning across the Mediterranean : Challenging Transitions in South Europe and the MENA Region.
Perhaps no other challenge preoccupies governments and citizens in the Mediterranean region than the mass unemployment of young people, many of who have invested in higher education in the hope that ability and effort lead to fulfilling lives. Transitions to independent adulthood are, however, frust...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer Science and Business Media : SensePublishers,
2017.
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| Colección: | EMCER,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ADVANCE PRAISE FOR CAREER GUIDANCE AND LIVELIHOOD PLANNING ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. ANCHORING CAREER GUIDANCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN?: In Search of Southern Perspectives; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; USING THE MEDITERRANEAN AS A LENS; Similarities and Differences across the Region; Situated Knowledge and Emancipatory Practice; Organisation of the Chapters; NOTES; REFERENCES; CONTEXTS; 2. CONTEXTS MATTER: Factors Influencing Career Guidance in the Mediterranean Countries; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES; Rural/Urban and Littoral/Hinterland Divides.
- DEMOGRAPHY AND MIGRATIONThe Youth Bulge in the AMCs; Migratory Flows; LABOUR MARKET; High Rates of Youth Unemployment; Low Rates of Youth Participation in the Labour Market; Work Attitudes and Predilection for Employment in the Public Sector; Strong Informal Economic Sector; Informal Recruiting Practices; POLITICAL FACTORS; SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS; Collectivist Orientations; Religious Orientations; EDUCATIONAL FACTORS; GLOBALISATION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 3. DEBUNKING MYTHS SURROUNDING WOMEN'S CAREERS IN THE ARAB REGION: A Critical Reflexive Approach; ABSTRACT.
- INTRODUCTION: CRITICAL REFLEXIVITY ABOUT OURSELVES AND THE RESEARCH QUESTIONSEpistemological Reflexivity and the Uncovering of Our Assumptions; DEBUNKING ASSUMPTION ONE: THE HOMOGENEITY OF THE ARAB REGION; DEBUNKING ASSUMPTION TWO: POSITIVE CAREER CHOICES FOR WOMEN; DEBUNKING ASSUMPTION THREE: EQUAL ACCESS GUARANTEED THROUGH LEGAL PROCESS; Provisions on Maternity Leave; Gender Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace; DEBUNKING ASSUMPTION FOUR: CAREER CHOICE FREEDOMS; DEBUNKING ASSUMPTION FIVE: FAMILY-FRIENDLY WORKPLACES; DEBUNKING ASSUMPTION SIX: WOMEN'S CAREERS IN THE FORMAL ECONOMY.
- CONCLUSION, PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS AND CRITICAL REFLEXIVITY ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARDREFERENCES; 4. CAREER GUIDANCE: Perspectives from Islam and from Muslim Cultures; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ISLAMIC CULTURE AND THE CULTURES OF MUSLIMS; ISLAM, MUSLIMS, AND CAREER GUIDANCE: 'FATALISM' OR 'FREE CHOICE'?; CAREER GUIDANCE: AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE; The Perspective of Islam on Guidance in General; Who Should Provide Guidance?; Career Guidance Methods; Islam and Work Ethics; On Decision-Making Skills; CAREER GUIDANCE: PERSPECTIVES FROM MUSLIMS' CULTURES.
- CONCLUSION: SIGNPOSTS FOR GUIDANCE PRACTITIONERSNOTE; REFERENCES; 5. SYRIAN REFUGEES IN JORDAN: Providing Career Guidance Services and Enhancing Access to Employment; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; SYRIAN REFUGEES AND THE JORDANIAN LABOUR MARKET; REGULATING REFUGEE ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT; INNOVATIVE CAREER GUIDANCE APPROACHES TO SERVE REFUGEES; Career Guidance through Cooperatives; Career Guidance and Recognition of Prior Learning; Career Guidance for Syrian Refugees: A Livelihood Centre for Za'atari; Career Guidance, Job Matching, and Access to Decent Work; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE MAGHREB.