Examining NEET situations in Spain: Labour Market, Discourses and Policies

Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) and its Spanish equivalent ‘nini’ (Ni estudia, Ni trabaja) have dominated youth policy discourses in recent years. Within the European Union, Spain is one of the countries with the highest proportion of young people in NEET situations. In this article...

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Autores: Strecker, Tanja Conni, López, Joffre, Cabasés i Piqué, Ma. Àngels
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-021-00048-2
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Palavra-chave:NEET
Youth Guarantee
Spain
Catalonia
Youth policies
Labour market
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spelling Examining NEET situations in Spain: Labour Market, Discourses and PoliciesStrecker, Tanja ConniLópez, JoffreCabasés i Piqué, Ma. ÀngelsNEETYouth GuaranteeSpainCataloniaYouth policiesLabour marketNot in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) and its Spanish equivalent ‘nini’ (Ni estudia, Ni trabaja) have dominated youth policy discourses in recent years. Within the European Union, Spain is one of the countries with the highest proportion of young people in NEET situations. In this article, it is argued that the idea of NEET has been weaponised to stigmatise youth, by evoking the phantom of a demotivated young person with scarce training. This stigmatisation has little to do with the reality of many young Spaniards who can find themselves in different situations, such as unemployment, precarious employment, training and education in a matter of days. Thus, there is a need to consider the different experiences and structural circumstances of so-called NEETs rather than viewing them as a homogenous and static group. Using documentary analysis and secondary data, this article examines the diversity of NEET situations for the youth in Spain, which is generally not captured in large national statistics data-sets and policies. Furthermore, it analyses the EU Youth Guarantee and its application in Spain, highlighting where official objectives have not been met, and includes an overview of the current effects of the coronavirus crisis. Ultimately, the paper shows that public discourses centred on an artificially created social group (NEET) legitimise and produce policies that do not respond to young people’s actual needs and problems, especially for the most vulnerable among them.Springer Nature202120212021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-021-00048-2http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/72602http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/72602reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-021-00048-2Journal of Applied Youth Studies, 2021, vol. 4, p. 119-134cc-by (c) Strecker et al., 2021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/726022026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Examining NEET situations in Spain: Labour Market, Discourses and Policies
title Examining NEET situations in Spain: Labour Market, Discourses and Policies
spellingShingle Examining NEET situations in Spain: Labour Market, Discourses and Policies
Strecker, Tanja Conni
NEET
Youth Guarantee
Spain
Catalonia
Youth policies
Labour market
title_short Examining NEET situations in Spain: Labour Market, Discourses and Policies
title_full Examining NEET situations in Spain: Labour Market, Discourses and Policies
title_fullStr Examining NEET situations in Spain: Labour Market, Discourses and Policies
title_full_unstemmed Examining NEET situations in Spain: Labour Market, Discourses and Policies
title_sort Examining NEET situations in Spain: Labour Market, Discourses and Policies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Strecker, Tanja Conni
López, Joffre
Cabasés i Piqué, Ma. Àngels
author Strecker, Tanja Conni
author_facet Strecker, Tanja Conni
López, Joffre
Cabasés i Piqué, Ma. Àngels
author_role author
author2 López, Joffre
Cabasés i Piqué, Ma. Àngels
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv NEET
Youth Guarantee
Spain
Catalonia
Youth policies
Labour market
topic NEET
Youth Guarantee
Spain
Catalonia
Youth policies
Labour market
description Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) and its Spanish equivalent ‘nini’ (Ni estudia, Ni trabaja) have dominated youth policy discourses in recent years. Within the European Union, Spain is one of the countries with the highest proportion of young people in NEET situations. In this article, it is argued that the idea of NEET has been weaponised to stigmatise youth, by evoking the phantom of a demotivated young person with scarce training. This stigmatisation has little to do with the reality of many young Spaniards who can find themselves in different situations, such as unemployment, precarious employment, training and education in a matter of days. Thus, there is a need to consider the different experiences and structural circumstances of so-called NEETs rather than viewing them as a homogenous and static group. Using documentary analysis and secondary data, this article examines the diversity of NEET situations for the youth in Spain, which is generally not captured in large national statistics data-sets and policies. Furthermore, it analyses the EU Youth Guarantee and its application in Spain, highlighting where official objectives have not been met, and includes an overview of the current effects of the coronavirus crisis. Ultimately, the paper shows that public discourses centred on an artificially created social group (NEET) legitimise and produce policies that do not respond to young people’s actual needs and problems, especially for the most vulnerable among them.
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