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Open Access: The book „Social Work in the Changing Welfare State“ is an Open Access title (DOI: 10.3224/84743053) which is free to download or can be bought as paperback. The book holds a Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ / Der Titel „Social Work in the Changing Welfare State“ (DOI: 10.3224/84743053) ist kostenlos im Open Access (PDF) herunterladbar oder kostenpflichtig als Print-Ausgabe erhältlich. Der Titel steht unter der Creative Commons Lizenz Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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 the capability-orientated, neoliberal, and right-wing populist approaches may have on the practical work of professionals and on the young people concerned.

Optimising young people’s entry into the labour market concerns politicians, social work professionals, and vocational education experts equally. Focusing on the years between 2000 and 2020, Alban Knecht investigates the political processes behind the promotion of employment for disadvantaged young people in Austria and analyses the resulting changes for young people and for professionals working in this field.

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The author:
Dr. habil. Alban Knecht is a research associate at the Department of Educational Science at the University of Klagenfurt.

An interview with Alban Knecht on compulsory education in Austria can be found here.

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The subject:
Social Work

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Autor*innen

Alban Knecht

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Keywords

apprenticeship training, DGSA 2024, employment promotion, institutional analysis, inter-company training, labor market policy, resource theory, social policy, youth, youth guarantee, youth vocational assistance

“The book provides an insight into Austrian youth employment policy. Austria is often seen as a role model in this area at the European level. This is certainly a correct diagnosis, but it is also worth taking a closer look here, which puts some overly positive reports into perspective. Alban Knecht’s book offers such a closer look.“

Johann Bacher, Social Work Education, May 2024