Career Guidance and Livelihood Planning across the Mediterranean : Challenging Transitions in South Europe and the MENA Region / / edited by Ronald G. Sultana.

• Superior document: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices, A Diversity of Voices,
• HerausgeberIn: Sultana, Ronald G.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed. 2017.
• Language: English
• Series: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices, A Diversity of Voices,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (CDLII, 12 p.)
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Anchoring Career Guidance in the Mediterranean? In Search of Southern Perspectives /; Contexts Matter /; Debunking Myths Surrounding Women’s Careers in the Arab Region /; Career Guidance /; Syrian Refugees in Jordan /; Educational and Career Guidance in Morocco /; Education and Career Guidance in Algeria /; Careers Information and Guidance in Tunisia /; Career Guidance in Libya /; Youth Education and Guidance for Employment in Libya /; Career Guidance in Egypt /; Exploration Process and Future Plans of Arabs and Jewish Israeli Young Adults /; Career Education and Guidance Under Occupation in Palestine /; Career Development Services in Jordan /; Career Services in Syrian Higher Education /; The Lebanese Education System /; Career Counselling Services in Turkey /; The Saudi Experiment with Career Guidance /; Career Counselling and Guidance in Greece /; Guidance and Counselling in Cyprus /; Career Education and Guidance in Malta /; Career Guidance in Multicultural Contexts /; Young Adults of Maghrebi Descent in France /; Guidance in Catalan Secondary Education /; Career Education and Guidance Services in Portugal /; Futures for Career Education and Guidance in the Mediterranean? /; Notes on Contributors /; Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9463009922
• ISSN: 2214-9880
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Ronald G. Sultana.

Perhaps no other challenge preoccupies governments and citizens in the Mediterranean region than the mass unemployment of young people, many of who have invested in higher education in the hope that ability and effort lead to fulfilling lives. Transitions to independent adulthood are, however, frustratingly long drawn-out, and often jeopardised by labour markets that are neither youth-friendly nor meritocratic. While such challenges require structural responses at the macro-economic level, career education and guidance have an important role to play in addressing both the public and private good, and in furthering the social justice agenda. This volume provides a state-of-the-art review of career education and guidance in Southern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa Region, presenting a multi-faceted portrayal of the situation in each country as well as overviews of cross-cutting themes that are especially relevant to context, such as women’s career development in the Arab states, job placement support for refugees, and the impact of faith on livelihood planning. “This book is a major achievement, focusing on a pivotal part of the world.” – Tony Watts, Cambridge, UK “This book challenges career guidance to truly think in a contextual, localised, plural and dialogical way. In providing an opportunity for the South to speak on its own terms it helps renew the field through different ways of thinking and doing career guidance.” – Marcelo Afonso Ribeiro, University of São Paulo, Brazil “This wonderful new book furnishes a way forward in helping people and communities establish practices that will support our natural striving for work that is decent, dignified, and meaningful.” – David L. Blustein, Boston College, USA “This book is packed with fresh ideas based on lucid arguments that draw from a substantial evidence base. This work is essential reading.” – Gideon Arulmani, The Promise Foundation, Bangalore, India “This publication is a must-read for every individual involved in policy, research and practice activities in the career guidance field.” – Rènette du Toit, Independent Research Services, South Africa.