Read The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa

The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa

Alcinda Honwana

4.9/5 (14254 ratings)

Description:Most young Africans are living in “waithood,” a period of suspension between childhood and adulthood. Failed neo-liberal economic policies, bad governance and political instability have caused stable jobs to disappear—without jobs that pay living wages, these young people cannot support families, thus becoming fully participating members of society. As this limbo becomes pervasive and prolonged, waithood in Africa becomes seemingly permanent, gradually replacing conventional adulthood. And with the deepening of the world economic crisis, youth in Europe, North America and other parts of the world face the same crisis of joblessness and restricted futures.In The Time of Youth , Alcinda Honwana examines the lives of young people in Africa, drawing on in-depth interviews in four Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. While the case studies are local to Africa, the book argues that the ”waithood generation” is global, and possesses a tremendous transformative potential, as young people believe the struggle to overcome their predicament requires radical social and political change. From riots and protests in the streets of Maputo, Dakar, Madrid, London, New York and Santiago, to revolutions that overthrow dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, the ”waithood generation” is taking upon itself to redress the wrongs of contemporary society and remake the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa. To get started finding The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1565494725

Description: Most young Africans are living in “waithood,” a period of suspension between childhood and adulthood. Failed neo-liberal economic policies, bad governance and political instability have caused stable jobs to disappear—without jobs that pay living wages, these young people cannot support families, thus becoming fully participating members of society. As this limbo becomes pervasive and prolonged, waithood in Africa becomes seemingly permanent, gradually replacing conventional adulthood. And with the deepening of the world economic crisis, youth in Europe, North America and other parts of the world face the same crisis of joblessness and restricted futures.In The Time of Youth , Alcinda Honwana examines the lives of young people in Africa, drawing on in-depth interviews in four Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. While the case studies are local to Africa, the book argues that the ”waithood generation” is global, and possesses a tremendous transformative potential, as young people believe the struggle to overcome their predicament requires radical social and political change. From riots and protests in the streets of Maputo, Dakar, Madrid, London, New York and Santiago, to revolutions that overthrow dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, the ”waithood generation” is taking upon itself to redress the wrongs of contemporary society and remake the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa. To get started finding The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa

The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa

More Books

Youth and Revolution in Tunisia (African Arguments)

Youth and Revolution in Tunisia (African Arguments)

Youth and Revolution in Tunisia (African Arguments) by Honwana, Alcinda (2013) Paperback

Youth and Revolution in Tunisia (African Arguments) by Honwana, Alcinda (2013) Paperback

The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa by Alcinda M. Honwana (2012-08-31)

The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa by Alcinda M. Honwana (2012-08-31)

The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change and Politics in Africa by Alcinda M. Honwana (2012-08-30)

The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change and Politics in Africa by Alcinda M. Honwana (2012-08-30)

Child Soldiers in Africa (07) by Honwana, Alcinda [Paperback (2007)]

Child Soldiers in Africa (07) by Honwana, Alcinda [Paperback (2007)]

Child Soldiers in Africa (The Ethnography of Political Violence)

Child Soldiers in Africa (The Ethnography of Political Violence)

Makers and Breakers: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa

Makers and Breakers: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa

Youth and Revolution in Tunisia

Youth and Revolution in Tunisia

State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic (African Arguments)

State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic (African Arguments)