La visibilidad de los jóvenes ‘Ni-Ni’ en el contexto económico español

Résumé

This work derives from the European Project 'Policies Supporting Young People in their Life Course. A Comparative Perspective of Lifelong Learning and Inclusion in Education and Work in Europe (Young Adulllt) and seeks to make visible fragments of the lives of young people who neither study nor work (Ni-Ni), in the context of the Spanish economic crisis, in order to verify the existence of an imbalance in their transitions between training and employment, which hinders the attainment of an independent life. The methodology used gives a qualitative perspective to this study, materialized through biographical interviews to eight young Spaniards, enrolled in the Youth Guarantee program and in a situation of inoperative training and work. It is evident that the laxity of family, educational and labour links degrade the social rights of the most vulnerable young people. The challenges are the deconstruction of the ‘NEET’ label, as it does not reflect the heterogeneity of situations in which a young person finds himself in the course of his career; and the creatio n of effective social policies.