¶ … UK and what correlating variables contribute most to its affect on future success. NEET stands for not in education, employment or training. Many people are affected by NEET in UK and it is a serious problem for the UK society and for the economy (Simmons, Lambert, 2013). As Goldman-Mellor et al. (2015) show, the problem of NEET is "poorly understood" and needs more study. There is a gap between the cause and effect related to NEET and how it should be addressed for the sake of future success. This study will ask the following questions to better understand the problem of NEET:

What is the relationship between gender and the perceptions of NEET in UK? What is the relationship between age and the perceptions of NEET in UK? What is the relationship between religion and the perceptions of NEET in UK? What is the relationship between political affiliation and perceptions of NEET in UK? What is the relationship between ethnicity and perceptions of NEET in UK?

These five questions are asked so as to have a framework for the study. The five independent variables are gender, age, religion, political affiliation and ethnicity and the dependent variable is perception of NEET in UK.

The answers to these questions will show how NEET is viewed in terms of demographics and how those demographics view the problem of NEET. The viewpoint of these demographics will give a phenomenon focus on the issue. The method is quantitative but the focus is also phenomenological because it looks at the phenomenon of the issue of NEET and how demographics experience it. Viewpoints from their experience and perspective can help to better understand NEET and why it happens. It is like visiting a battlefield in order to understand the battle. This study surveys those impacted by NEET so to better understand the problem and how they view it.

This will show if it is a problem of people not in education, employment or training not wanting to work or learn or train or if it is outside factors that contribute to the problem such as the economy or lack of social structure or opportunity or family life or background. There may be many factors or maybe one or two main factors. This survey will provide information on that situation.

The area of literature that will be used will be UK studies that are focused on the reasons for NEET and what causes it, such as demographics, economics, politics, and society. It will review the studies from recent years that help to give context to the issues. The searches for literature will be performed using databases like JSTOR and Google Scholar. Key word searches will be used to find the literaute. The searches will used terms like "NEET" and "NEET UK" and "NEET causes" and these searches will generate studies which will also have key word terms that can be used for additional searches.

The method of the study is quantitative correlative survey method and it will also take a phenomenological approach because it will use surveys and interviews to find deeper answers to the problem for the better understanding of it. There will be a first survey and then a follow-up interview with respondents who meet demographic criteria and want to discuss their viewpoints.

The ethical and feasibility issues involved in this study are that the identities of the people surveyed will be kept secret to protect them and the study is feasible in terms of time and being able to conduct it if social media is used to reach out to demographics.

The action plan for this timetable is as follows: one month to research the study and the literature and to plan the survey and interview questions; one month to conduct the survey; one month to conduct the interview; one month to analyze the data and write the report.

Part II

The different theoretical perspectives which might be adopted for this topic are Critical Theory, Feminist Theory, and Game Theory. Critical Theory uses a Marxist approach to the subject and could possibly consider the subject in the light of the Frankfurt School of thought which focuses on criticizing every aspect of society as a way to understand its construct. It does not focus just on economics and the working class but on all of society and the underlying foundations that cause issues and practices to come into place (Paddison, 2004). This would be a good approach for this study because it is a way to take apart the society to figure out how it works.

Critical Theory may be the best approach because it can include aspects of the other two theories when it chooses. It is more open and free to examine and criticize in a number of ways so there is no restriction and what it cannot apply. Critical Theory will be used for this study with some points included to reflect Feminist critique and Game Theory.
On the other hand, Game Theory might more closely reflect my values as I believe that Western culture is based on a zero-sum game in which a ruling class or elite are able to maintain a position of power by oppressing or keeping down the underclass so that it cannot rise to threaten the power structure. Thus NEET could be viewed as a part of the contest between the ruling elites and the oppressed underclass which strikes back by not working or taking part in the educational system. This sends shockwaves through the system and undermines the power of the elite. It gives rise to civil and social unrest and leads to protests and instability. This could be one explanation for NEET and how to view its future success.

To better understand what is NEET and how the people affected by it view it and themselves and the UK society it is necessary to interview them because they can give a better perspective on the issues at hand and the questions that arise from the analysis of this topic.

The research method will consist of locating the demographics most affected by NEET and examining them as factors in the future success of persons in society. Literature reviews will be helpful for this portion of the study, such as Bynner and Parsons (2002) which looks at "social exclusion" as a factor in NEET (p. 289).

As for the method of acquiring participants, they will be chosen using social media or letters containing surveys, and those who respond will be contacted for an additional interview. The survey will include a letter of acquaintance, stating my identity as researcher, my school, the purpose of the study and the aim. The point is to increase the likelihood of informed consent, as Okello et al. (2013) notes is important: "community engagement" supports the establishment of relationships in communities between researcher and society (p. 142) and helps researchers to secure participation.

The survey will consist of 5-10 short, closed-questions that focus on obtaining demographic information so that an interview can be given. The interview will consist of open-ended questions (5-10) that allows the interviewee to give more information for the study. This is the phenomenon aspect of the focus. It shows how perceptions shape beliefs and actions in the community and what happens when feelings and thoughts are based on this perception (Lewis-Beck et al., 2004).

The data collection instruments will be the interview questions and the survey. Data analysis will be used to find common themes and patterns using standard phenomenological coding, as identified by Lin (2013). The surveys will be sent out on Facebook and Twitter and in letter form to communities most impacted by NEET and they will be randomly sent. If this does not prove feasible then telephone calls will be made or door-to-door knocking will be done. This will make the sample size less random as I can only canvas so many neighborhoods in any given amount of time so the study may have to reduce its focus on NEET to a single area or locale. This will most likely be the best way to obtain participants. A brief survey at the residence of community members followed by a later interview with the person's permission for a follow-up face-to-face interview which can be obtained during the first meeting when doing rounds in the neighborhood. This way will be also fit in with the phenomonelogy of the research approach because it allows the researcher to submerse himself into the neighborhoods and communities and see first hand what the life is like. The difficulty will be in obtaining the proper demographic but that…