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The Sexual Contract, Youth, Masculinity and the Uncertain Promise of Waged Work in Austerity Britain

The Sexual Contract, Youth, Masculinity and the Uncertain Promise of Waged Work in Austerity Britain AbstractEconomic restructuring, the rise of service sector employment and precarious forms of attachment to the labour market have coincided with the financial crisis and the subsequent austerity programme in Britain to disadvantage young working-class men. In the context of high rates of youth unemployment, the consequences for the social construction of masculinity, for young men's labour market disadvantage and for the distribution of responsibilities between generations are explored though the lens of a comparative case study in two English towns, Luton and Swindon. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Feminist Studies Taylor & Francis

The Sexual Contract, Youth, Masculinity and the Uncertain Promise of Waged Work in Austerity Britain

Australian Feminist Studies , Volume 29 (79): 19 – Jan 2, 2014
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2014 Taylor & Francis
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1465-3303
eISSN
0816-4649
DOI
10.1080/08164649.2014.901281
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Abstract

AbstractEconomic restructuring, the rise of service sector employment and precarious forms of attachment to the labour market have coincided with the financial crisis and the subsequent austerity programme in Britain to disadvantage young working-class men. In the context of high rates of youth unemployment, the consequences for the social construction of masculinity, for young men's labour market disadvantage and for the distribution of responsibilities between generations are explored though the lens of a comparative case study in two English towns, Luton and Swindon.

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Australian Feminist StudiesTaylor & Francis

Published: Jan 2, 2014

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