Title The time of youth : work, social change, and politics in Africa / Alcinda M. Honwana

Edition 1st edition Published Sterling, Va. : Kumarian Press, [2012] Imprint of Stylus Pub ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages) Contents Youth -- Waithood -- Aspirations -- Getting by -- Intimacy -- Citizenship -- Social change -- Global waithood Summary Draws on interviews in Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia 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 countries: 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. -- Publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Unemployed youth -- Africa Young adults -- Employment -- Africa Young adults -- Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Young adults -- Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General. Economic history Social conditions Unemployed youth Young adults -- Economic conditions Young adults -- Employment Young adults -- Social conditions Jugend Soziale Situation Wirtschaftliche Lage Arbeitslosigkeit Sozialer Wandel SUBJECT Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century Subject Africa Afrika Form Electronic book ISBN 1565494733 9781565494732

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