Youth exclusion and empowerment in the contemporary global order : contexts of economy, education and governance

• Other Authors: Akanle, Olayinka (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
• Subjects: Youth > Economic conditions > 21st century.; Youth > Social conditions > 21st century.; Youth > Political activity.; Youth > Cross-cultural studies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781802624991
• DOI: 10.1108/9781802624977
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 pages)

The existential exclusion of youths from the mainframe of the current global order is an increasingly pressing issue. Research to date has proven youths struggle to survive and be relevant within current systemic and institutional arrangements, resulting in a major existential and generational probl...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Oláyínká Àkànle
• Chapter 1. Neoliberalism and the new paradigm in higher education: Youth in the global context / Obinna Chukwu
• Chapter 2. Challenging exclusion from governance and social and economic systems: Perspectives in youth-led protests / Oláyínká Àkànle, Irenitemi G. Abolade, Olusegun Israel Olaniyan, and Damilola Olayinka Ola-Lawson
• Chapter 3. Challenging the links between deprivation, consumption and crime amongst impoverished youth in Mexico / Minor Mora-Salas and Gustavo Adolfo Urbina-Cortés
• Chapter 4. After #rhodesmustfall: Higher education decolonization in South Africa and the "born free generation" / Luqman Opeyemi Muraina and Yonela Mlambo
• Chapter 5. Academic procrastination in the age of online education in the philippines / Niñoval Flores Pacaol and Andrew A. Siguan
• Chapter 6. Youth unemployment and the informal sector in nigeria / Adefolake Olusola Ademuson
• Chapter 7. Youth and governance in burkina faso / Lompo Miyemba and Palé Augustin
• Chapter 8. Youths and social order: Locating the youth in namibia's political economy / Kolawole Emmanuel Omomowo and Lydia Ningiree Kauari
• Chapter 9. South African youths' responses to unemployment and exclusion / Charis Sass and Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama
• Chapter 10. Casualties of education? Disengagement and the reclamation of agency for students in compulsory education in England / David Allan
• Chapter 11. Youth exclusion and strategic response: Undergraduates' engagement in income-earning activities (ieas) / Oláyínká Àkànle and Ozodulukwe Oluchi Precious Conclusion / Oláyínká Àkànle.