Benachteiligte Jugendliche zwischen Autonomie und Abhängigkeit : eine Studie zur gesellschaftlichen Deprivation

The scientific discourse about disadvantaged youth reveals a contradiction between formal norms and their realization. On the one hand, the judicial codification within the German Code of Social Law - following the democratic-ethical posit of civil society –aims for social inclusion which must be interpreted as a social promise of successful constitution of the human subject via the market of vocational training and the employment market itself. On the other hand, annual reports on the state of education in Germany reveal that there is a significant number of graduates who are excluded from the market of vocational training. At the same time there is a lack of adequate institutions, which consequently prevents/inhibits the realization of social inclusion of the aforementioned. A fortiori claims about the (potentially) uncovered demand of skilled workers in the future must surprise.
Acting on the assumption that elucidation of the constitution of the human subject is the core universe of discourse in educational research, the scientific discourse on disadvantaged youth only marginally deals with the constitution of the human subject. The relation between social contradictions, the implicit social orders to cope and the constitution of the human subject however are not subject to educational science in the context of research on disadvantaged youth. In contrast, social exclusion of disadvantaged youth is attempted to be explained by monocausally having recourse on migration background, socio-cultural heritage or success in school. The knowledge that is being generated in this way is insufficient concerning processes of educational planning and regulation because it does not help to elucidate the levels of intermediation between the human subject and the world, namely the relations of production and reproduction of person and society and thus it does not contribute to elucidate questions of subject constitution.
Therefore the object of this scientific investigation of this study - emanating from Elias' concept about the interconnection of sociogenesis and psychogenesis - to elucidate the impact of social dispositions and rationalities and social characters on the constitution of the human subject.