<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> This article explores the perceptions of a group of working class white boys living in the West Midlands area of the United Kingdom. Using original data generated from a series of in-depth personal interviews matters of educational underachievement, future job prospects and ambitions are explored. In capturing the ‘voice’ of the young people concerned specific attention is given to how a variety of social, economic and class-based factors shape their personal and collective perceptions. It is argued that the dominant social construction of the period of youth, commonly represented through the young people’s views, is underpinned by notions of marginalisation, problematisation, social exclusion and discrimination. The case is made for re-orientating the nature of school relationships and adjusting the curriculum to reflect the needs and experiences of the young people involved.</abstract>

‘Reflections from the Margins’ - Working Class White Boys, Educational Underachievement and Uncertain Futures

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Traditionally, in the Roma family, the woman is responsible for educating the children, from birth to marriage. Thus, she has an educational role of prime importance that helps to ensure the group’s survival, along with its characteristics and traditions. The father teaches his sons the traditional craft.The main purpose of this article is to present aspects of the traditional education provided by the Roma family and to explain the Roma attitude towards school, but also to explain the relationship between traditional education and current occupation of Roma young people. The data collection method used was the semi-structured interviews on 42 people, both from rural and urban areas.It was found that the traditional Roma family provides continuing education based on mutual respect between children and adults without a division between theoretical education and the apprenticeship of roles in the family. The family also provides the economic discipleship, as the child learns ways to support his family. It was noted that for Roma living in urban and rural areas, schooling is not particularly important. However it was also noted that they have changed their way of thinking to some extent, because they realize that it is very important to know how to read and write. Regarding the current occupations it can be argued that, in general, Roma young people develop economic activities that imply some degree of independence. We observe an attitude of rejection towards income-generating activities that involve compliance with a fixed schedule, inclusion in a group of colleagues and strict conditions in the workplace.</abstract>

Roma Youth Between Traditional Education and Current Occupations

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The professional integration of higher education students is a problem for all contemporary societies, including the Romanian one. The surplus of graduates, the diplomas’ devaluation, the opportunities’ inequality and the unequal distribution of labour market’s posts are just a few determinant factors, which make the individual to adopt a variety of strategies to get a job.This research is particularly interested in the integration process on labour markets of sociology graduates in Romanian academic system, taking in consideration the case of sociology graduates from the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu.The main objective is to understand all mechanisms of social, economic, cultural and familiar order, susceptible in influencing the individuals when they are searching a job.The instruments used in this research are based on questionnaire survey and interview. I used these to have an overview of the situation both quantitatively and qualitatively and for a better understanding of the professional integration process. I used the purposeful sample. The results of this research are expected to be able to capture the professional integration process of graduates in sociology from the Lucian Blaga University by identifying some of the factors that influence this process.</abstract>

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Department of Sociology and Social Work, 2 Lucian Blaga, 550169 Sibiu, Romania

Université de Bourgogne, Department of Sociology, 2 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon,

Professional Integration of Sociology Graduates from the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 2002-2009

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> This article reveals the basic ideas of Erich Fromm’s analytical social psychology and shows links among work, character and education. Social changes may be better understood in the background of work evolution. Today the concept of waged work has been extended to unpaid activities. At the same time, the working life has been changed from a stable model to a flexible one. The work, its standards and social distribution, are also different now. Erich Fromm’s concept of ‘social character’ clarifies the changes and explains the consequences of the social changes. The relations to work are also different. During these changes - unemployment included - concepts of the unconditional basic income were studied. These concepts explain why it’s possible for people without waged work to participate in community life and consumption, without being excluded. The author presents the basic social changes that affected many different subpopulation and age groups.</abstract>

Links Between Work, Character, and Education. The Actuality of Erich Fromm’s Analytical Social Psychology

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> This article brings together four different perspectives which explore the way in which various policy initiatives in recent years have sought to construct young people resident in the United Kingdom within particular policy discourses shaped by neoliberalism. In order to do this it firstly considers the way in which the assumptions of neoliberalism have increasingly been applied by the new Coalition Government to young people and the services provided for them; it then considers the particular role of New Labour in the UK in applying these ideas in practice. Specific examples from the areas of young people’s participation in youth services and higher education policy are then considered.</abstract>

Young People’s Services in an Age of Neoliberalism

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