Introduction: theoretical and conceptual framework - Lore Van Praag, Ward Nouwen, Rut Van Caudenberg, Noel Clycq, Christiane Timmerman
Part I: State of the art and impact of early school leaving across European countries
- Disengaged students: insights from the RESL.eu international survey – Alessio D’Angelo and Neil Kaye
- Pathways to Early School Leaving in Hungary: Ethnicised Inequalities in Education and the Case of Roma Youth – Ágnes Kende & Júlia Szalai
- Shaping the policies towards Early School Leaving (ESL) in Portugal, Sweden and Poland – Helena C. Araújo, Eunice Macedo, Alireza Bethoui, Hanna Tomaszewska-Pękała, Paulina Marchlik, Anna Wrona & Cristina Rocha
- The individual and economic costs of early school leaving – Marie Gitschthaler & Erna Nairz-Wirth
Part II: Youngsters’ perspectives on early school leaving and schooling
- A narrative approach exploring youngsters’ experiences of schooling and leaving school early in Flanders (Belgium): the stories of Simon and Karim – Rut Van Caudenberg, Noel Clycq & Christiane Timmerman
- Struggling against the waves or taking another course: School disengagement in the educational trajectories of early school leavers from Warsaw – Paulina Marchlik, Anna Wrona, Hanna Tomaszewska-Pękała
- The Social Relations and Educational Expectations of Young People in Marginalised Areas: Evidence from Sweden – Alireza Behtoui, Marie Björklöf and Isabella Strömberg
- What’s school got to do with it? Comparing educational aspirations of Dutch and English ‘white’ girls from lower socioeconomic backgrounds – Talitha Stam and Maurice Crul
Part III: Educational trajectories of youth (at risk of) leaving school early
- Switching practices in vocational education: A comparative case study in Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands – Lore Van Praag, Elif Keskiner, Rut Van Caudenberg, Ward Nouwen, Talitha Stam, Noel Clycq, Mariana Orozco, Christiane Timmerman, Maurice Crul
- Educational Trajectories Of Early School Leavers In Portugal: Processes And Conditions Of (In)Equality – Sofia A. Santos, Eunice Macedo and Helena C. Araújo
- Neglected aspirations. Academic trajectories and the risk of ESL among immigrant and Roma youth in Spain – Silvia Carrasco, Laia Narciso and Marta Bertran
Part IV: Strategies to deal with early school leaving
- No bridges to re-engagement? Exploring compensatory measures for early school leavers in Catalonia (Spain) from a qualitative approach – Silvia Carrasco, Isidoro Ruiz-Haro & Bálint-Ábel Bereményi
- Alternative Learning Arenas in Portugal: Hope for Young Adults? – Eunice Macedo, Sofia Almeida Santos & Alexandra Oliveira Doroftei
- The Opportunities and Challenges of Apprenticeships in England: alternative learning arenas or sites of exploitation? - Louise Ryan & Magdolna Lőrinc
Conclusion - Elif Keskiner and Maurice Crul