1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910729739103321

Titolo

Young People as Agents of Sustainable Society / / edited by Päivi Honkatukia and Tiina Rättilä

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2023

©2023

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 pages)

Collana

Youth, young adulthood and society

Disciplina

320.0835

Soggetti

Youth in development

Youth - Social conditions

Youth - Political activity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I: Structures and new models of youth participation -- 1. Youth and law drafting - developing quality youth participation in legislative processes and courtrooms -- 2. Experimenting with youth-centred e-participation - the case of the Virtual Council -- 3. Intergenerational justice and learning: from responsibilisation of young people towards sustainable well-being and environmental citizenship -- 4. Governance of young people's participation: critical reflectionsPart II: Critical views from the margins -- 5. Young adults' perceptions of citizenship outside and beyond labour market citizenship -- 6. "Am I not a lovely green-and-red, a watermelon?" Young people negotiating political participation from marginalised positions -- 7. Young people's climate activism on the move - case FinlandPart III: To be(come) seen and heard - but how and how to study it? -- 8. Participatory research with young people - too little, too much, too romanticised? Reflections on co-research with young refugees -- 9. Co-constructing knowledge of refugee youths' lives in Finland - epistemological notes -- 10. Exploring the future together with young people - methodological considerations on playfulness, joy and silence as forms of participation -- 11. "How on Earth does one find a job in Finland?" Reflections on using documentary film as research method in studying young asylum seekers' employment prospects -- Conclusion.



Sommario/riassunto

"This book analyses young people's societal participation as a central dimension of their wellbeing, and as vitally important to secure the sustainable future of humankind and the whole eco-social system. It develops a theoretical framework for analysing youth participation holistically, embedded in its everyday context, and as a relational phenomenon, underpinned by universal human needs. It introduces innovative methodological approaches to study youth engagements in society. This book will appeal to scholars and students of youth studies, sociology, sustainable development, youth participation, and education. It also offers new knowledge and theoretical readings for policy experts on youth and sustainable development, as well as for NGOs working with youth"--