Hope is cut : youth, unemployment, and the future in urban Ethiopia /

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Author / Creator:	Mains, Daniel, 1975-
Imprint:	Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Global youth Global youth.
Subject:	Urban youth -- Ethiopia -- Social conditions. Urban youth -- Employment -- Ethiopia. Urban youth -- Ethiopia -- Attitudes. Economic history. Urban youth -- Attitudes. Urban youth -- Employment. Urban youth -- Social conditions. Ethiopia -- Economic conditions. Ethiopia.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13452317

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ISBN:	9781439904817 1439904812 9786613311146 6613311146 1283311143 9781283311144 1439904790 9781439904794 1439904804 9781439904800 9781439904794 9781439904800
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"How do ambitious young men grapple with an unemployment rate in urban Ethiopia hovering around fifty percent? Urban, educated, and unemployed young men have been the primary force behind the recent unrest and revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East. Daniel Mains' detailed and moving ethnographic study, Hope is Cut, examines young men's struggles to retain hope for the future in the midst of economic uncertainty and cultural globalization. Through a close ethnographic examination of young men's day-to-day lives & nbsp;Hope is Cut explores the construction of optimism through activities like formal schooling, the consumption of international films, and the use of khat, a mild stimulant. Mains also provides a consideration of social theories concerning space, time, and capitalism. Young men here experience unemployment as a problem of time--they often congregate on street corners, joking that the only change in their lives is the sun rising and setting. Mains addresses these factors and the importance of reciprocity and international migration as a means of overcoming the barriers to attaining aspirations."--Publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Mains, Daniel, 1975- Hope is cut. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012

Table of Contents:

The historical and cultural roots of unemployment and stratification in urban Ethiopia
Imagining hopeful futures through khat and film
"We live like chickens: we are just eating and sleeping": progress, education, and the temporal struggles of young men
Working toward hope: youth unemployment, occupational status, and values
Hopeful exchanges: reciprocity and changing dimensions of urban stratification
Spatial fixes to temporal problems: migration, social relationships, and work
Conclusion: sustaining hope in the present and the future.

Hope is cut : youth, unemployment, and the future in urban Ethiopia /

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