The Persistence of Social Structure: Cohort, Class and Gender Effects on the Occupational Aspirations and Expectations of Canadian Youth

Demand for flexibility or generation of insecurity? The individualization of risk, irregular work shifts and Canadian youth

“…As Furlong and Cartmel (1997) have previously asserted, this study also found that life chances and experiences of youth are still firmly embedded and thus can be predicted by an individual's location in the social structure (see also DiPrete et al 1997;Andres et al 1999). This clash is what Furlong and Cartmel (1997) term the 'epistemological fallacy of modernity', where they argue that youth's life chances actually do remain highly structured, but that youth increasingly seek solutions at the individual, as opposed to the collective level.…”

“…According to Beck (1992), standard structures such as social class have less influence on individuals and no longer serve as a useful concept to predict individual behaviour (see also Furlong & Cartmel 1997;Andres et al 1999). Beck (1992Beck ( , 2000 argues that we are now experiencing the transition to an individualized society of employees, or a 'post-class society', which is defined in terms of labour laws and socio-political categories, as opposed to the class society, which was delineated by tradition and culture.…”

Facteurs prédictifs de l’intention de migrer chez les élèves du secondaire au Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

“…Selon certains auteurs, en milieu rural, les jeunes fi lles n'ont pas les mêmes aspira tions profession nelles que les jeunes garçons et sont plus enclines à quitter leur milieu d'origine pour attein dre leurs objectifs (Andres et al, 1999). Lorsque le milieu n'offre pas aux jeunes les condi tions propices à la poursuite de leurs études et de leur for mation professionnelle, la migration peut apparaître pour eux comme un impé ratif (Gauthier, 1997a).…”

Can Community-Based Interventions on Aspirations Raise Young People's Attainment?

“…International studies show that young people's own aspirations are also notably related to social class (Andres et al, 1999). They are also sometimes related to ethnicity, with minority students sometimes positioned as having undeveloped aspirations.…”