Like most OECD countries, unemployed people in Denmark have been subject to activation
policies imbued with rights and obligations for decades. However, during the lockdown due …

This study investigates how young, well-educated, unemployed people are governed and
how they govern themselves through affective capacities, focusing here on shame and …

This paper is a theoretical investigation of the common conception of laziness. It starts from
constructing a tentative definition of laziness, defining laziness as a negative term referring …

Individualization has been a much debated topic in youth research for decades now. Getting
a good education and choosing the right one is one of the manifold ways young people deal …

In this paper, we investigate how young unemployed people make sense of their situation in
the face of adversity. Drawing on Cultural Life Course Theory and a new line of research on …

Home is a complex and multifaceted concept. This book revisions how 'home'is used in
social work literature by showing how it is positioned as being discursively represented …

We examine the link between unemployment and subjective well-being by introducing
historically sensitive variables related to neoliberal ideology and policies such as measures …

The level of uncertainty and fear introduced by COVID-19 pandemic has threatened the
relationships, work and meanings of existence. From the point of view of the labor market …

In this article, I examine how young unemployed people deal with the risk of unemployment
in the Danish welfare state, focusing on two main issues. I examine the technologies …

This article examines the job search literature through a multiparadigmatic framework and
makes a case for scholars to embrace alternative ways of looking at job search that goes …