Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-v

List of tables and figures

pp vi-vi

List of acronyms

pp vii-vii

Note on author

pp viii-viii

Preface: A post-Brexit preface

pp ix-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xii

Introduction: Young people’s lives at university in crisis

pp 1-14

Part 1 - University for all? How higher education shapes inequality among young people

pp 15-16

one - Social consequences of mass access in Europe

pp 17-32

two - How welfare influences the lives of young people in university

pp 33-50

three - Beyond differences? Determinants of inequality among European young people in university

pp 51-64

Part 2 - Exploring the inequality of university lives in England, Italy and Sweden

pp 65-66

four - Investigating young people’s semi-dependence during university

pp 67-74

five - The different profiles of young people’s experiences in university

pp 75-106

six - Explaining inequality: the role of social origins and welfare sources

pp 107-116

Part 3 - The ‘eternal transition’: young adults and semi-dependence in university

pp 117-118

seven - The family: saviour or ‘inequaliser’?

pp 119-130

eight - The labour market contradiction: a precarious form of dependence

pp 131-142

nine - State: generous, conditional or absent?

pp 143-158

Conclusion: Addressing growing inequality among young people in university

pp 159-170

Notes

pp 171-196

Annex

pp 197-206

Index

pp 207-212