Social Work in the Changing Welfare State: A Policy Analysis of Active Labour Market Policies for Disadvantaged Youth in Austria (Schriftenreihe der ?FEB-Sektion Sozialp?dagogik)

How can employment policies support young people entering the labour market? Alban Knecht analyses the changes in political discourses and social-political measures with regards to employment promotion for disadvantaged young people in Austria. Against the background of his resource theory, he discusses measures such as inter-company apprenticeships, youth guarantee, and compulsory training and illustrates the impact that the social investment paradigm as well as capability-orientated, neoliberal, and right-wing populist approaches may have on the practical work of professionals and on the young people concerned.

Dr. habil. Alban Knecht is a research associate at the Department of Educational Science at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria.