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Youth Policy and the Problematic Nexus Between Education and Employment

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I start with a personal note. In over a quarter of a century of researching with and about young people I have found that their goals have remained remarkably constant. Young people are desperately eager to learn; to build stable lives; do work that is valued and that earns them enough to live well and healthy lives; and to be connected with people they trust (see Cuervo & Wyn, 2012; Andres & Wyn, 2010; Wilson & Wyn, 1986).

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    Johanna Wyn

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  1. The Victoria Institute, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

    Kitty te Riele

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    Radhika Gorur

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Wyn, J. (2015). Youth Policy and the Problematic Nexus Between Education and Employment. In: Riele, K.t., Gorur, R. (eds) Interrogating Conceptions of “Vulnerable Youth” in Theory, Policy and Practice. Innovations and Controversies: Interrogating Educational Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-121-2_4

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