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Hope is cut : youth, unemployment, and the future in urban Ethiopia /

"How do ambitious young men grapple with an unemployment rate in urban Ethiopia hovering around fifty percent? Urban, educated, and unemployed young men have been the primary force behind the recent unrest and revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East. Daniel Mains' detailed and movi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Mains, Daniel, 1975-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.
Collection:Global youth.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The historical and cultural roots of unemployment and stratification in urban Ethiopia
  • Imagining hopeful futures through khat and film
  • "We live like chickens: we are just eating and sleeping": progress, education, and the temporal struggles of young men
  • Working toward hope: youth unemployment, occupational status, and values
  • Hopeful exchanges: reciprocity and changing dimensions of urban stratification
  • Spatial fixes to temporal problems: migration, social relationships, and work
  • Conclusion: sustaining hope in the present and the future.