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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Environment and Planning A |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 348-366 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISSN | 0308-518X |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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Expanding the Scales and Domains of (in)Security : Youth Employment in Urban Zambia. / Gough, Katherine V.; Chigunta, Francis; Langevang, Thilde.
In: Environment and Planning A, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2016, p. 348-366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Expanding the Scales and Domains of (in)Security
T2 - Youth Employment in Urban Zambia
AU - Gough, Katherine V.
AU - Chigunta, Francis
AU - Langevang, Thilde
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Most research on issues of (in)security has tended to have a military/safety angle and focus on global/national scales linked to spectacular events. This paper addresses the overlooked insecurity realities of urban dwellers in the global South through a focus on more persistent and enduring forms of employment insecurities among young people. Building on both quantitative and qualitative data collected in a low-income settlement in Lusaka, Zambia, we explore how young people perceive their employment situation and examine the practices they engage in when seeking ways of making a living. Through analysing their views and experiences we show how employment insecurity is influenced by processes operating at the body, local, national and global scales, and how employment insecurity is closely interconnected with insecurity in other domains of young people's lives including the household, housing and education. Although the youth unemployment situation is often viewed as a serious threat to human security, we show how the lack of stable employment in itself is a manifestation of insecurity
AB - Most research on issues of (in)security has tended to have a military/safety angle and focus on global/national scales linked to spectacular events. This paper addresses the overlooked insecurity realities of urban dwellers in the global South through a focus on more persistent and enduring forms of employment insecurities among young people. Building on both quantitative and qualitative data collected in a low-income settlement in Lusaka, Zambia, we explore how young people perceive their employment situation and examine the practices they engage in when seeking ways of making a living. Through analysing their views and experiences we show how employment insecurity is influenced by processes operating at the body, local, national and global scales, and how employment insecurity is closely interconnected with insecurity in other domains of young people's lives including the household, housing and education. Although the youth unemployment situation is often viewed as a serious threat to human security, we show how the lack of stable employment in itself is a manifestation of insecurity
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DO - 10.1177/0308518X15613793
M3 - Journal article
VL - 48
SP - 348
EP - 366
JO - Environment and Planning A
JF - Environment and Planning A
SN - 0308-518X
IS - 2
ER -