1. Introduction -- 2. Description of Youth Unemployment Study -- 3. Unemployment: The literature -- 4. 'Have you got something to get up for?'- Problems with structuring time -- 5. Poverty and unemployment -- 6. Relationships - Restricted social contact -- 7. Work 'on the side' Participation in the informal economy -- 8. Housing -- 9. Depression, boredom and stigma -- 10. Rural unemployment -- 11. The political influence of unemployment -- 12. Exceptions: Enjoying life on the dole -- 13. An emerging underclass? -- 14. Conclusion: Living a predicament
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