YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PARADOX OF OPPORTUNITIES IN CAPE VERDE

dc.creator	Filipe Martins
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:18:06Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:18:06Z
dc.identifier	2179-2534
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c15b51a478c9431ea0b7705abc3d52b5
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19283
dc.description	Based on ethnographic data collected in the city of Mindelo, Cape Verde, this paper proposes an analysis that focuses the category of "young" as the axis for understanding the contemporary social structures, their changes and continuities. The dominant discourses about young people are confronted with the discourse of young people themselves, highlighting a paradoxical vision of the opportunities available, which seem to grow and at the same time remain scarce. In the context of the recent changes in Cape Verdean society, it is proposed an interpretation of this paradox in light of an ethnography that shows young people as social actors and that takes into account their constraints, their expectations towards the future and their life choices. This analysis allows a generational and historical explanation for the apparent paradox of opportunities and highlights the growing ambiguity and uncertainty associated with the condition of youth in contemporary Cape Verde.
dc.language	Portuguese
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	Italian
dc.language	French
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
dc.relation	http://www.portaldeperiodicos.unisul.br/index.php/Poiesis/article/view/795/739
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2179-2534
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Poiésis , Vol 4, Iss 8, Pp 294-312 (2011)
dc.subject	Youth
dc.subject	Cape Verde
dc.subject	opportunities
dc.subject	generations
dc.subject	uncertainty.
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PARADOX OF OPPORTUNITIES IN CAPE VERDE
dc.type	article