Youth employment in a globalising world

Gough, Katherine V.; Langevang, Thilde; Owusu, George

doi:10.3828/idpr.2013.7

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“…As Niko Besnier (2015) outlines, this seems to be widespread among young men in the global South. This is because the emergence of sport migration as a means of social mobility is linked to young people's engagement with structural changes taking place within society that are underpinned by a neoliberal ethos that encourages young people to be job creators not job seekers (Gough et al 2013), while simultaneously placing tremendous pressure on young men to be financially successful because monetary success is deemed an inherently masculine trait (Adinkrah 2012;Ungruhe 2010).…”

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“…Significantly, accumulating social standing by achieving a recognized notion of adulthood, and thus becoming a somebody, is of crucial importance to the young generation more generally (Jeffrey 2010), and young men particularly (Langevang 2008). Yet the triumvirate of economic uncertainty (Gough et al 2013), political unrest (Diouf 2003), and the reconfiguration of established cultural practices (Masquelier 2005) now obstruct social mobility and trajectories to become a somebody.…”

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A Social Negotiation of Hope: Male West African Youth, ‘Waithood’ and the Pursuit of Social Becoming Through Football

Ungruhe¹

2017

Boyhood Studies

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This article examines the present-day perception among boys and young men in West Africa that migration through football offers a way of achieving social standing and improving their life chances. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among footballers in urban southern Ghana between 2010 and 2016, we argue that young people's efforts to make it abroad and "become a somebody" through football is not merely an individual fantasy; it is rather a social negotiation of hope to overcome widespread social immobility in the region. It is this collective practice among a large cohort of young males-realistic or not-which qualifies conceptualizations of youth transitions such as waithood that dominate academic understanding of African youth today.

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A Social Negotiation of Hope: Male West African Youth, ‘Waithood’ and the Pursuit of Social Becoming Through Football

Ungruhe¹

2017

Boyhood Studies

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“…In spite of the benefits from migration, there are views of concerns being raised about high rates of unemployment and marginalisation among the young migrants and the adverse implications for their socio-economic wellbeing (Gough et al, 2013, Kwankye and Tagoe, 2009, Quartey and Yambila, 2009). This realization has motivated some youth in the north to embark on entrepreneurship as a viable alternative to out-migration.…”

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Reducing Internal Migration through the Establishment of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Bolgatanga Municipality of Ghana

2016

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Abstract:In Ghana, cities such as Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi and other business towns are densely populated as a result of internal migration. The growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Bolgatanga can be considered as a significant variable for poverty reduction and rapid industrialization. The principal aim of this paper is to focus on the forces that motivate young persons to start SMEs in the Municipality.It is considered as an alternative to southward migration that would lead to economic prosperity. A structured questionnaire, containing 25 variables was used to collect data by survey from the target population and the sample size is 320. The data were analyzed through simple descriptive statistics. The study revealed that entrepreneurs were mostly encouraged to start SMEs for motivational or pull factors such as gaining self-independence, providing financial support to family, better health services, the need to send their wards to schools, improving quality of life, etc. Some of the factors found to be influential were inspiration from friends and relatives, availability of markets, profits potential and many others. It was disclosed however, that in developing regions, business generally in the Municipality suffer from lack of financial support, income, and gender based discrimination, lack of adequate training facility. Government and private initiative is imperative in this regard to address the difficulties.

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“…(20) Due to the complex and dynamic nature of entrepreneurship, its investigation requires, as noted by Neergaard and Ulhøi,"… a Geographical Journal Vol 178,no 3, 5. See reference 3, bartlett (2010); also see reference 3, Gough et al (2013); and see reference 4, Chigunta et al (2005).…”

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Researching entrepreneurship in low-income settlements: the strengths and challenges of participatory methods

Gough

Langevang

Namatovu

2013

Environment and Urbanization

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Despite an increased focus on entrepreneurship as a means of promoting development, there has been limited discussion of the conceptual and methodological issues related to researching entrepreneurship in low-income countries. Drawing on experiences from Uganda, this paper presents a study of entrepreneurship conducted in a low-income settlement, which combined participatory quantitative and qualitative approaches, highlighting the strengths and challenges of using participatory methods. The paper demonstrates how drawing on a range of participatory methods can contribute to creating more engaging research relationships and generate a deeper and more contextualized understanding of entrepreneurship.KEYWORDS entrepreneurship / low-income settlements / mixed methods / participatory methods / Uganda

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Youth employment in a globalising world

Cited by 70 publications

References 29 publications

A Social Negotiation of Hope: Male West African Youth, ‘Waithood’ and the Pursuit of Social Becoming Through Football

A Social Negotiation of Hope: Male West African Youth, ‘Waithood’ and the Pursuit of Social Becoming Through Football

Reducing Internal Migration through the Establishment of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Bolgatanga Municipality of Ghana

Researching entrepreneurship in low-income settlements: the strengths and challenges of participatory methods

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