Youth engagement the civic-political lives of children and youth /

• Other Authors: Nenga, Sandi Kawecka, Taft, Jessica K.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2013.
• Series: Sociological studies of children and youth ; v. 16.
• Subjects: Social Science > Children's Studies.; Social Science > Sociology > General.; Social issues (Children's/YA); Age groups: adolescents.; Children and politics.; Children > Social conditions.; Children's rights.; Globalization.

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...

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.