Internships and Volunteering in Europe

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_196
dc.contributor.author	Contrepois Sylvie
dc.title	Internships and Volunteering in Europe. A Precarious Way to Professionalization
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	The idea to professionalize studies has gradually emerged as the best way to overcome youth unemployment across Europe. Amongst the different schemes developed from the ’80s, internships appear to have been favoured by employers and have grown significantly. However the effective contribution these schemes are making to training is contested, while interns employment terms and condition are often denounced. The research presented in this paper explores and compares interns situations in six countries – France, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom – and put into perspectives the different demands raised by social actors in this particular field. It is based on a systematic collection of available statistical data, a comparative analysis of national legislation and a dozen of case studies conducted in the six countries. This research was founded by the European Commission DG employment and social affairs.
dc.relation.ispartof	Società e trasformazioni sociali
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2017-04-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-160-7/internships-and-volunteering-in-europe/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-147-8/STS-5-4
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9085
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9689
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-160-7
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-147-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Internships
dc.subject	Internships
dc.subject	Professionalization
dc.subject	Professionalization
dc.subject	Working conditions
dc.subject	Working conditions
dc.subject	Youth unemployment
dc.subject	Youth unemployment

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Internships and Volunteering in Europe

A Precarious Way to Professionalization

Sylvie Contrepois Centre de Recherches Sociologiques et Politiques de Paris, CRESPPA-CSU, France

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The idea to professionalize studies has gradually emerged as the best way to overcome youth unemployment across Europe. Amongst the different schemes developed from the ’80s, internships appear to have been favoured by employers and have grown significantly. However the effective contribution these schemes are making to training is contested, while interns employment terms and condition are often denounced. The research presented in this paper explores and compares interns situations in six countries – France, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom – and put into perspectives the different demands raised by social actors in this particular field. It is based on a systematic collection of available statistical data, a comparative analysis of national legislation and a dozen of case studies conducted in the six countries. This research was founded by the European Commission DG employment and social affairs.

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Keywords: Professionalization • Youth unemployment • Working conditions • Internships

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