The voice of young people in shaping future youth policies: towards a paradigm shift
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003096795-9" target="_blank" >10.4324/9781003096795-9</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The voice of young people in shaping future youth policies: towards a paradigm shift
Original language description
This chapter brings together the salient points of the contributions to this volume by way of drawing out common perspectives and approaches to youth policies from the international social policy contexts covered by the underlying project. Starting from considerations of how the COVID-19 pandemic worsened the chances of sections of the younger population to fully participate in education and employment, it underlines the importance of attending to the transition of youth to adulthood as a crucial indicator of the effectiveness of social solidarity arrangements which the pandemic puts under severe strain. It emerged from the studies in this volume that it is not just a matter of offering young people more opportunities of participation in decisions concerning their life choices because, as the ambiguity built into "activation policies" shows, such arrangements can easily turn into mechanisms of further (self-)exclusion of those unable to exercise choices on account of material and social circumstances. Instead, the studies showed the importance of "giving voice" to young people and recognising forms of "agency" even in attitudes and behaviour that at first appear to express rejection. Young people's search for finding recognition in communities thereby appears vital, although this needs to be linked to democratic processes in order to avoid setting up exclusionary groupings and furthering isolation and discrimination. Developing practice research towards "appreciative research" is proposed as an approach best suited to reach marginalised youth and engage them in policy-shaping processes.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Social Work, Social Welfare, Unemployment and Vulnerability Among Youth
ISBN
978-1-00-058854-5
Number of pages of the result
15
Pages from-to
127-141
Number of pages of the book
161
Publisher name
Routledge
Place of publication
Abingdon
UT code for WoS chapter
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