The time of youth : work, social change, and politics in Africa.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Honwana, Alcinda
Formato: Ouvrage
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: Sterling, Va. : Kumarian Press Pub., 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Youth
  • Waithood
  • Aspirations
  • Getting by
  • Intimacy
  • Citizenship
  • Social change
  • Global waithood.