Young vocational graduates face many expectations related to the norms of worker-
citizenship when entering the labour market. Due to contemporary uncertainties and the new …

The emphasis on paid employment is strong in Finnish vocational education. However, the
world of work is changing and becoming more insecure. Many researchers have expressed …

In this article, we are interested in how employment–or employability–is connected to
citizenship, and how the ideal subjectivity of worker-citizens is discursively constructed in …

Finnish higher education is closely related to the goals of the Finnish welfare state (eg
Välimaa 2012). Everyone has a chance to educate themselves and to get ahead in life …

Since reforms implemented in 1994, vocational education and training (VET) in Norway has
been integrated and standardized as part of upper-secondary education. When young …

The transition from education to employment is, in the life-cycle of young people, the time to
develop their adult identities and world views within guiding social structures. Erik H. Erikson …

Finding employment has been a challenge for young adults in recent years. This is not only
due to high unemployment rates, but also because entering working life is more complicated …

This chapter engages in a critical debate on youth citizenship, looking into young adults'
perceptions of their future as citizens, especially in terms of participation in the labour …

The aim of this article is to problematize the ways class and gender are played out in adult
students' narratives about their occupational choice and future. Drawing on Beverly Skeggs …

This article explores interactive qualities between newcomers and workplace practices, the
newcomers being adult immigrants in job placement schemes. Focus is on how the novices …