The Post-Welfare State and the Government of Youth At-Risk

The popular and promiscuous use of discourses of youth at-risk since the 1980s is representative of neoliberal problematizations of social welfare government. These problematizations attempt to make young people, families, and communities more responsible for the prudent management of a large range...

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Main Author: Kelly, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2001
In: Social justice
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 96-113
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Risk management in business
Welfare State
Public Welfare
Neoliberalism
Youth > Canada
Risk
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Summary:The popular and promiscuous use of discourses of youth at-risk since the 1980s is representative of neoliberal problematizations of social welfare government. These problematizations attempt to make young people, families, and communities more responsible for the prudent management of a large range of institutionally generated risks. As a result, risk management is constructed as an increasingly individualized rather than a social responsibility.
ISSN:2327-641X