Miquel Úbeda

Biographic Data

ID160578
NAMEMiquel Úbeda
GIVEN NAMESMiquel
FAMILY NAMEÚbeda
SIGNATUREÚBEDA M
AFFILIATIONSUniversitat de Lleida
ORCID0000-0003-3949-2615
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Can the youth gang speak ? A review of the limits and the consequences of mediation processes in Ecuador

    Sonia Páez de la Torre, Miquel ÚbedaARTICLEEuropean Journal of Social Work2025

    This article aims to analyse the agencies and forms of representation of young people who participated in mediation processes related to youth gangs in Ecuador. Since the beginning of the 21st mediation alternatives –in which different hegemonic sectors have intervened– have been rehearsed proposing different options to substitute violence suffered and exercised (as a response) by youth gangs from Ecuador. The research is grounded on interviews c…

  • Young Women, Employment and Precarity

    Open AccessM Àngels Cabasés, Miquel ÚbedaARTICLESocial Sciences2022References: 13

    Youth employment in Spain is characterised by temporary contracts, part-time jobs, and low wages, a long-standing situation that has been further accentuated since the 2008 crisis, placing young people, especially women, in a position of vulnerability at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through different data, this article argues that young women’s working conditions have deteriorated in comparison to those of previous generations and young me…

  • Living in the frame of structural violence

    Open AccessJuan M Solís, Eduard Ballesté-Isern et al.ARTICLEEthnography2022Cited by: 1References: 18

    This article investigates how structural violence is reflected in the daily life of the peripheries of a medium-sized city in the interior of Spain. For this, three categories of analysis are used: inquisitive violence, coercive violence and horizontal violence. Forms of resistance are also highlighted. This makes it possible to trace the various ways that state institutions act and behave to exercise power over people. These actions have direct …

  • The Youth Guarantee in Spain

    Open AccessM Àngels Cabasés, Miquel ÚbedaARTICLEEconomics & Sociology2021

    This article presents a critical assessment of the application of the Youth Guarantee programme, oriented toward young people under the age of 30, in Spain from 2013 to 2018. It analyses the effectiveness of programme enrolment and coverage of young people classified as "NEETs" (not in employment, education or training), the adaptation of the catalogue of proposed measures to young people's reality, and whether or not these measures have addresse…

  • Empleos de calidad para las personas jóvenes

    Open AccessMiquel Úbeda, M Àngels Cabasés et al.ARTICLECuadernos de Relaciones Laborales2020Cited by: 2

    La consecución de empleos de calidad y de buenas ofertas de empleo se ha convertido en uno de los objetivos clave de los programas de empleabilidad juvenil; es por ello que los elementos que configuran el empleo de calidad deben ser analizados y problematizados. A través de una aproximación al concepto de empleos de calidad, y de los indicadores propuestos por diferentes organismos internacionales, se analizará en que medida el Sistema Nacional d…

  • The Deterioration of the Spanish Youth Labour Market (1985–2015)

    Open AccessMiquel Úbeda, M Àngels Cabasés et al.ARTICLEYoung2020Cited by: 4References: 3

    The Spanish labour market is notorious for its high unemployment rate and its exceptionally high youth unemployment rate, job insecurity, impermanence and underemployment. This article presents a systematic analysis of the Spanish labour market’s deterioration process, in particular focusing on the youth labour market. It combines historic reviews with statistical analyses of data from official sources, like the Continuous Sample of Working Lives…