Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Σπουδές Νοτιοανατολικής Ευρώπης: Πολιτική, Ιστορία, ΟικονομικάLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Supervisors info:
Δημήτριος Κατσίκας, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Precarity of the Greek Youth: Long-term trends, crisis and future prospects.
Translated title:
Αβεβαιότητα της ελληνικής νεολαίας: Μακροπρόθεσμες τάσεις, κρίσεις και μελλοντικές προοπτικές.
Summary:
The paper discusses precarity as a phenomenon linked primarily to the world of work, but without being stripped off of its relevance in depicting insecurities in other aspects of human life. It also underlines the importance of the concept as an analytical tool in analysing the vulnerable position of youngsters on the labour market. To understand the special relation between youth and precarity in the European context, the paper looks into the case of Greece. Being one of the most harshly hit countries by the 2008 economic and financial crisis, Greece witnessed unprecedented levels of unemployment, wage cuts and a drastic drop in living standards. While all segments of the population were affected by the depression, youth, as a vulnerable group, experienced an even deeper fall that lead to extreme precarity in terms of their labour market position and future prosperity. Nevertheless, the paper poses and explores the question of to what extent can the crisis be blamed for the precarisation of Greek youngsters.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
Precarity, Greek youth, Crisis
