The Time of Youth : : Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa / / Alcinda M. Honwana.
Most young Africans are living in a state of "waithood," argues Alcinda Honwana, finding themselves suspended in limbo between childhood and adulthood. Failed neoliberal economic policies, bad governance, and political instability have caused stable jobs to disappear; and without jobs that...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2012] Kumarian Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Youth
- Chapter 2: Waithood
- Chapter 3: Aspirations
- Chapter 4: Getting By
- Chapter 5: Intimacy
- Chapter 6: Citizenship
- Chapter 7: Social Change
- Chapter 8: Global Waithood
- Notes
- Reference List
- Index