Ungdomsarbetslöshet - en studie om arbetslösa utrikesfödda ungdomar
(2014) SOPA63 20141School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Our purpose in this study was to investigate how the unemployed foreign-born youths describe their situation as unemployed in relation to that they are foreign-born. The study was based on two main issues: how do youths in the age of 18-24 experience that their ability to become employed is affected by the fact that they are foreign-born and how do these youths describe their situation as unemployed based on their background as a foreign-born. Our analysis consisted of semi-structured interviews with seven unemployed foreign-born youths. The data of the study has been analyzed from a social constructivist perspective and Erving Goffmans's concept of stigma. The results of this study showed that the majority of the youths felt that their... (More)
- Our purpose in this study was to investigate how the unemployed foreign-born youths describe their situation as unemployed in relation to that they are foreign-born. The study was based on two main issues: how do youths in the age of 18-24 experience that their ability to become employed is affected by the fact that they are foreign-born and how do these youths describe their situation as unemployed based on their background as a foreign-born. Our analysis consisted of semi-structured interviews with seven unemployed foreign-born youths. The data of the study has been analyzed from a social constructivist perspective and Erving Goffmans's concept of stigma. The results of this study showed that the majority of the youths felt that their background as a foreign-born has had a negative impact on their job search. The study also showed that many of the youths described their situation as unemployed as depressing and difficult. (Less)
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- author
- Kurtanovic, Azra LU and Kurtanovic, Amra LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- youth unemployment, exclusion, integration, segregation, discrimination, stigma.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4463648
- date added to LUP
- 2014-06-12 08:50:13
- date last changed
- 2014-06-12 08:50:13
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