First published in 1982, this volume of essays identifies a number of key issues in the pattern of state response to youth unemployment which had evolved in the inter-war and post-war periods. The contributors discuss a number of related themes and how contemporary measures recapitulate the rhetoric and policies of pre-war interventions.

Teresa L. Rees and Paul Atkinson

Acknowledgements. Notes on Contributors. Abbreviations. 1. Youth Unemployment and State Intervention Paul Atkinson and Teresa L. Rees 2. Juvenile Unemployment and the State Between the Wars Gareth Rees and Teresa L. Rees 3. Workless Youth as a 'Moral Panic' Geoff Mungham 4. Whose Needs? Schooling and the 'Needs' of Industry Dan Finn 5. Who Cares? The MSC Interventions: Full of Easter Promise Graham Markall and Denis Gregory 6. Trades Unions and Special Measures for the Young Unemployed Denis Gregory and Christine Noble 7. The Job Creation Programme: Some Reflections on its Passing Graham Markall 8. Client Response to the Youth Opportunities Programme Howard Williamson 9. Social and Life Skills: The Latest Case of Compensatory Education Paul Atkinson, Teresa L. Rees, David Shone and Howard Williamson. Bibliography. Index.