Young People and the ‘Entrepreneurial Self’
Keywords:
Youth Work; Young People; Neo-liberalismAbstract
The notion of ‘choice’ is particularly strong today in public discourse and reflects the increased marketization of our society. As such, young people are expected to have the capacity to be ‘rational planners’ of their future – making short-term decisions based on a long-term goal. Evidence suggests that young people are happy to embrace this challenge, becoming self-managers of an imagined future, accepting the responsibility to create a pathway from youth to adulthood. Of course, in modern society it’s never that simple.
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22-Aug-2018
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“Young People and the ‘Entrepreneurial Self’” (2018) Concept: The Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory, 9(2), p. 5. Available at: https://concept.lib.ed.ac.uk/Concept/article/view/2811 (Accessed: 22 June 2025).