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overriding concern with finding a quality of life that meets their values, aspirations and desire for self-fulfilment, regardless of the work they perform. The comments made by the young people living in non-metro- politan regions are significant. They rarely criticize the fewer job opportunities, the
mechanisms and the degree to which young people are ready to become involved in social life. Desire to be a part of society is mainly maintained by opportunities open to everyone to get the social status of referent groups. Hence, integra- tion of young people is objective in nature, a continuous, non
EPILOGUE What a journey it has been: a conceptual expedition into extraordinary territory. At the end of it we fi nd ourselves poised between origin and destiny, at home between the past and future. An explorer’s life is often arduous, and during the most diffi cult times it requires fortitude
organizations and individuals. For the unemployed, they would be able to maintain basic living standards with the assistance of the minimum living standard secu- rity plus healthcare and medical aid. If provided with employment training, service and mutual aid, they would not only be secured with a decent life
morally in the fi rst place. Further, as we shall now see, this sub- stance of our common ethical and political life embraces futures beyond the lifespan of living individuals who feel they share a ‘common fate’. It may appear that we can only care for those of our contemporaries 154 chapter eight with
young people, would be directly responsible for their vulnerability and their insecurity regarding the different components of life. As a direct result of the budget cuts in the United States and Canada, the social policies adopted have either eliminated or decreased the allowances for people under 30
—and are generally willing and motivated—to acquire fluent German for daily life. But interestingly, in some Jewish communities they insist on speaking Russian, perhaps because they are the majority, for cultural reasons, or just for comfort. In a few communities, Russian Jews are even demanding a
influence political support. Participation in elections is also seen as a short-term aspect of support. A small change in either or a change in the party or parties in Government should have an immediate effect on satisfaction with democracy. Satisfaction with life, trust in institutions and generalized
this period in life functions on a trial and error basis. Young people are now living together as couples before forming a new family. Despite the rigidity of the French school system, school trajectories are becom- ing more and more composite. Leaving or coming back to the fam- ily household are
analysis in space, viz. by juxtaposing a European, or rather a Continental European, experience with an American, or rather North American, one. There have always been rules regulating the life of a community. Tacit social knowledge of such rules exists in any human community. In this sense social