 “I live one day at a time”: Future orientation among Muslim high school dropouts in IsraelAvihu Shoshana Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 119, issue C Abstract: This article offers a phenomenological examination of the future orientation of 24 Muslim male high school dropout youth in Israel. This research is important in light of the multiple social exclusions, or structural vulnerabilities, these youths experience on the basis of poverty, stigmatized religious-national identity, and dropping out of school. The study’s findings reveal three prominent future orientations: a refusal to engage in the future and a preference for examining the present; a closed future (expressed as a strong belief that the distant future will likely resemble the present); and a primary aspiration to become solo self-employed (i.e., occupationally independent), along with a unique rationale for explaining this aspiration. The Discussion expands on the impact of the youths’ structural vulnerability on their future orientation, the symbolism of their aspiration to be self-employed in the future, and the linkages between culture, future orientation, and inequality. Keywords: Future orientation; High school dropout; Muslim youth; Cultural capital; Social inequality; At-risk youth (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:119:y:2020:i:c:s0190740920320284 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105605 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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