Hope is cut : youth, unemployment, and the future in urban Ethiopia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mains, Daniel, 1975-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.
Series:	Global youth.
Subjects:	Urban youth > Ethiopia > Attitudes. Urban youth > Employment > Ethiopia. Urban youth > Ethiopia > Social conditions. Ethiopia > Economic conditions. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: youth, hope, stratification, and time
The historical and cultural roots of unemployment and stratification in urban Ethiopia
Imagining hopeful futures through khat and film
"We live like chickens, we are just eating and sleeping": progress, education and the temporal struggles of young men
Working towards hope: youth unemployment, occupational status, and values
Hopeful exchanges: reciprocity and changing dimensions of urban stratification
Spatial fixes to temporal problems: migration, social relationships, and work
Conclusions: sustaining hope in the present and the future.