Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theorising local variations on social assistance and its constraints: a time-geographical perspective -- 3 Action strategies among young people on the margins of Danish society -- 4 The emergence of productive understandings of sustainable community development in youth responses to a neo-liberal discourse -- 5 "You get a feeling that they are taking well care of you": young people's perception of Ohjaamo
6 Activation policies in a working-class town over two decades -- 7 Using participation to understand and address the anxieties of European youth about unemployment, future work, and community -- 8 Hearing the voices of the young: dilemmas in research on activation -- 9 The voice of young people in shaping future youth policies: towards a paradigm shift -- Index