Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Ronald G. Sultana -- Anchoring Career Guidance in the Mediterranean? In Search of Southern Perspectives / Ronald G. Sultana -- Contexts Matter / Ronald G. Sultana -- Debunking Myths Surrounding Women’s Careers in the Arab Region / Fida Afiouni and Charlotte Karam -- Career Guidance / Aboubakr Abdeen Badawi -- Syrian Refugees in Jordan / Maha Kattaa -- Educational and Career Guidance in Morocco / Aziza Chbani and Amina Jaouane -- Education and Career Guidance in Algeria / Rosa Mahdjoub and Mohamed Miliani -- Careers Information and Guidance in Tunisia / Ammar Mejri and John McCarthy -- Career Guidance in Libya / Ali Elhawat -- Youth Education and Guidance for Employment in Libya / Adele M. E. Jones -- Career Guidance in Egypt / Shahinaz Khalil -- Exploration Process and Future Plans of Arabs and Jewish Israeli Young Adults / Rachel Gali Cinamon -- Career Education and Guidance Under Occupation in Palestine / Mazen Hashweh -- Career Development Services in Jordan / Michel Turcotte, , Celine Renald and Lynne Bezanson -- Career Services in Syrian Higher Education / Batoul Diab and Neruda Barakat -- The Lebanese Education System / Barend Vlaardingerbroek, , Anies Al-Hroub and Cyrine Saab -- Career Counselling Services in Turkey / Binnur Yesilyaprak -- The Saudi Experiment with Career Guidance / Tristram Hooley -- Career Counselling and Guidance in Greece / Michael Kassotakis -- Guidance and Counselling in Cyprus / Antonis Antoniou -- Career Education and Guidance in Malta / Manwel Debono -- Career Guidance in Multicultural Contexts / Roberta Piazza, , Paola Magnano and Andrea Zammitti -- Young Adults of Maghrebi Descent in France / Valérie Cohen-Scali, , Alma Hafsi and Patrick Werquin -- Guidance in Catalan Secondary Education / Màrius Martínez-Muñoz and Carme Martínez-Roca -- Career Education and Guidance Services in Portugal / Maria Do Céu Taveira -- Futures for Career Education and Guidance in the Mediterranean? / Ronald G. Sultana -- Notes on Contributors / Ronald G. Sultana -- Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies / Ronald G. Sultana.

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Perhaps no other challenge preoccupies governments and citizens in the Mediterranean region than the mass unemployment of young people, many of who have invested in higher education in the hope that ability and effort lead to fulfilling lives. Transitions to independent adulthood are, however, frustratingly long drawn-out, and often jeopardised by labour markets that are neither youth-friendly nor meritocratic. While such challenges require structural responses at the macro-economic level, career education and guidance have an important role to play in addressing both the public and private good, and in furthering the social justice agenda. This volume provides a state-of-the-art review of career education and guidance in Southern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa Region, presenting a multi-faceted portrayal of the situation in each country as well as overviews of cross-cutting themes that are especially relevant to context, such as women’s career development in the Arab states, job placement support for refugees, and the impact of faith on livelihood planning.