Youth engagement the civic-political lives of children and youth

In recent years, civic and political institutions have stepped up their efforts to encourage youth participation: schools promote volunteerism, non-profits provide opportunities for service, local governments create youth councils, and social movement organizations discuss the need to encourage a ne...

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Other Authors Nenga, Sandi Kawecka, Taft, Jessica K.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2013.
SeriesSociological studies of children and youth ; v. 16.
Subjects
Children and politics.
Children > Social conditions.
Children's rights.
Globalization.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781781905449
ISSN1537-4661 ;
DOI10.1108/S1537-4661(2013)16
Physical Description1 online resource (xxiii, 259 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : conceptualizing youth engagement / Sandi Kawecka Nenga, Jessica K. Taft
  • A different girl effect : producing political girlhoods in the 'invest in girls' climate / Emily Bent
  • Rethinking children's participation in democratic processes : a right to play / Stuart Lester
  • Educating active citizens : what roles are students expected to play in public life? / L. Alison Molina-Girón
  • Engaging young people? : the experiences, challenges, and successes of Canadian youth advisory councils / Christopher D. O'Connor
  • Bridging worlds in the social studies classroom : teachers' practices and Latino immigrant youths' civic and political development / Rebecca M. Callahan, Kathryn M. Obenchain
  • 'They have their hands on the pulse of the city' : teachers' constructions of students' civic knowledge in an urban middle school classroom / Shira Eve Epstein
  • Civic engagement and the emergence of race : American youth negotiate citizenship / Shauna A. Morimoto
  • Mexican immigrant children and youth's contributions to a community centro : exploring civic engagement and citizen constructions. / Jocelyn Solís, Jesica Siham Fernández, Lucia Alcalá
  • 'My mother and father are African, but I'm Norwegian' : immigrant children's participation in civic society in Norway / William A. Corsaro, Berit O. Johannesen, Lily Appoh
  • Learning from each other : collective practices in making independent youth media / Rachel Kulick.

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