Youth Unemployment and Devolution

Civil Society and Street-Level Responses

Sioned Pearce (Cardiff University)

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Policy Press
14 August 2025

Poverty & unemployment; Sociology: work & labour; Welfare & benefit systems; Civil rights & citizenship; Political economy

Series: Civil Society and Social Change

Against a backdrop of increasingly mixed economies of welfare, this book explores civil society responses to youth unemployment in a quasi-federal or devolved state post-Brexit and following COVID-19.

By: Sioned Pearce (Cardiff University)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781447364351
ISBN 10: 144736435X
Series: Civil Society and Social Change
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 14 August 2025
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. Introduction 2. Youth policy and employment regimes 3. UK policy context 4. Devolved civil society activity in context 5. Civil society activity and approaches in the four devolved policy contexts 6. Challenging assumptions around 'one' UK welfare regime 7. Conclusions

Sioned Pearce is Lecturer in Social Policy at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.

Reviews for Youth Unemployment and Devolution: Civil Society and Street-Level Responses

“A timely, empirically rich and insightful analysis of public policy and civil society responses to youth unemployment. A must-read for all interested in contemporary social welfare, the economy and societal well-being” Paul Chaney, Cardiff University