Identities and occupational aspirations: a contribution to the project

The project to bring together sometimes distinct theoretical traditions within the sociology of youth is in full swing. This paper contributes to this project through an engagement with the relationships between occupational aspiration and identity. In the three case studies presented within, we observe that occupational aspirations and identities are informative of, and embedded within, each other. This paper is one contribution to the discussion about meaningful intersections between the 'cultural' and 'transition' traditions.