An Individuality in Parenthesis? Social Vulnerability, Youth and the Welfare State in Crisis: On the Case of Neets, In Greece, Within the European Context
Journal Title: Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Promoting individual freedom is a primary objective in liberal societies. In this context, a properly functioning market economy is supposed to promote individual freedom, thereby enhancing also the inclusion of individuals in societal structures. However, the increasing percentages of new forms of social vulnerability and social exclusion in the EU and especially, in Eurozone peripheral countries such as Greece, indicate the existence of extended problems in reaching the aforementioned objective. Such a social problem is the emergence of the group of NEETs (young people aged 15-24 not included in education, employment or training). The aim of this paper is to examine NEETs in the EU and especially in Greece, based on recent data, in order to investigate and analyze their basic characteristics, the causes and the possible effects of this social phenomenon in the context of the modern individualized market society which aims both at achieving individual autonomy and social inclusion for each and every citizen.
Authors and Affiliations
Dimitrios Kotroyannos, Kostas A. Lavdas, Nikos Papadakis, Argyris Kyridis, Panagiotis Theodirikakos, Stylianos Ioannis Tzagkarakis, Maria Drakaki
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