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Social innovation and the autoimmunity of employability
Author(s) -
Montgomery Tom
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/spol.12585
Subject(s) - employability , precarity , function (biology) , field (mathematics) , sociology , public relations , economic growth , economics , political science , gender studies , mathematics , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics , biology
Abstract The purpose of this article is to examine social innovation in the field of youth employment. It addresses both the shortcomings of supply‐side approaches that are balanced towards issues such as employability and the impact of key demand side issues including low pay and precarity. The empirical analysis is based upon interviews with young people in employment or training with social innovations as well as interviews with senior policymakers and practitioners whose remit covers these issues. The study concludes by reflecting upon how the conduct of employability can operate as an autoimmune function.