Description
| Product ID: | 9781032029627 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Contemporary South Africa |
| Title: | Youth Unemployment Scenarios |
| Subtitle: | South Africa in 2040 |
| Authors: | Author: Maximilian Matschke |
| Page Count: | 178 |
| Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Development studies, Ethnic studies, Politics and government, Comparative politics, Labour / income economics, Development economics and emerging economies, Office and workplace, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Regional geography, Development studies, Ethnic studies, Politics & government, Comparative politics, Labour economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Office & workplace, Industrial relations, health & safety, Regional geography, Africa |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book examines the factors driving youth unemployment in South Africa, exploring potential future outcomes of its mass unemployment, and offering a variety of strategies to avoid an impending crisis in the country. This book will be of interest to scholars of South African politics and economics, labor economics and youth studies. This book examines the factors driving youth unemployment in South Africa, exploring potential future outcomes of its mass unemployment, and offering a variety of strategies to avoid an impending crisis in the country. Utilizing scenario analysis rooted in complex systems theory while building on statistical and fi eld research, the author illustrates four possible future states of youth employment in South Africa in the year 2040. This includes the South African version of the Arab Spring, where young people riot or agitate for extreme political and social change because of a belief that access to education and jobs is only possible through social status or corruption (Spring), fair access to a high number of jobs supported by Chinese interventions (Summer), a technology- driven decline in the number of jobs where merit- based access for youth is granted (Fall), and the collapse of the economy, with the economy collapsing and youth becoming increasingly desperate (Winter). The author then presents five strategies to fight youth unemployment, including training of youth to start businesses, stimulating small- and medium- sized enterprises, and sending unemployed youth abroad for skills development and to where their labour is needed. This book will be of interest to scholars of South African politics and economics, labour economics and youth studies, and readers with an interest in tackling youth unemployment independent of the country. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-10-27 |
