Youth and insecurity from an intersectional perspective: the case of Catalonia

Abstract

[EN] This article contributes to debates on new social risks by examining the relationship young Catalan people have with various forms of insecurity. Using a mixed-methods approach in an intersectional analytical framework, the study uses data from the 2017 Catalan Youth Survey in combination with 15 life history interviews to investigate the lived experiences of vulnerable youth in Catalonia. By introducing a novel multidimensional measure of insecurity and providing robust new findings on individual-level experiences of various types of insecurity among Catalan youth, the study makes an important empirical contribution to the literature while providing new theoretical insights on intersectional approaches to the analysis and conceptualization of insecurity.