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Take a cutting edge look at the civic engagement of young people. Increasingly recognized as an important feature of democratic functioning in communities, it has also become clear that the civic domain is indispensable as a context for understanding human development processes. This volume proposes the following central theses in relation to youth civic development: It is rooted in the realities of young people's everyday lives. It is collectively constructed. It raises questions about the principles, values, and relationships that bind people together in societies. It raises questions about power and justice. Youth civic development pushes the field to focus on the social issues with which younger generations are grappling and the identities they are constructing--issues that also are shaped by structural inequalities and by the collective actions of youth. The volume builds on themes of agency and assets from the field of positive youth development and points to ways that the critical analysis and engagement of young people in their society can contribute to social change. This is the 134th volume in this series. Its mission is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in child and adolescent development. Each volume focuses on a specific new direction or research topic and is edited by experts on that topic.
Auteur
Constance A. Flanagan is the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology Vaughan Bascom Professor in Women, Family and Community. Brian D. Christens is Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. He studies processes that enhance people's and organizations' ability to take action to alter power structures and benefit their communities.
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Civic engagement of young people is increasingly understood as an important feature of democratic functioning in communities, organizations, and societies. It has also become clear that the civic domain is indispensable as a context for understanding human development processes. This volume brings together cutting-edge work from leading scholars in the interdisciplinary field of youth civic development. Their work makes the case for greater consideration of justice, social responsibility, critical consciousness, and collective action in our understanding of child and adolescent development.
The volume proposes the following central theses in relation to youth civic development:
• It is rooted in the realities of young people's everyday lives.
• It is collectively constructed.
• It raises questions about the principles, values, and relationships that bind people together in societies.
• It raises questions about power and justice.
Youth civic development pushes the broader field of child and adolescent development to focus on the social issues with which younger generations are grappling and the identities they are constructing issues that also are shaped by structural inequalities and by the collective actions of youth. The volume builds on themes of agency and assets from the field of positive youth development and points to ways that the critical analysis and engagement of young people in their society can contribute to social change.
Contenu
1. Youth Civic Development: Historical Context and Emerging Issues 1
*Constance A. Flanagan, Brian D. Christens
3. Taking Stock of Youth Organizing: An Interdisciplinary Perspective 27
*Brian D. Christens, Ben Kirshner
4. Critical Consciousness: Current Status and Future Directions 43
*Roderick J. Watts, Matthew A. Diemer, Adam M. Voight
5. "Unapologetic and Unafraid": Immigrant Youth Come Out From the Shadows 59
*Hinda Seif
6. Early Educational Foundations for the Development of Civic Responsibility: An African Experience 77
*Robert Serpell, Paul Mumba, Tamara Chansa-Kabali
7. Youth Civic Development: Theorizing a Domain With Evidence From Different Cultural Contexts 95
*Constance A. Flanagan, M. Loreto Martínez, Patricio Cumsille, Tsakani Ngomane
INDEX 111