Civic Youth Work
Co-Creating Democratic Youth Spaces
Published on 1. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-0-19-061641-0 (ISBN)
Description
How can we better organize and support youth in their contribution to public life? Ross VeLure Roholt, Michael Baizerman, and Roudy W. Hildreth have developed this book to help practitioners and educators who work with youth look at young people in a framework that is qualitatively different. This book explores the idea of youth not only as a developmental stage but also as having a purposeful social role within civic life.
This text presents co-creation as a form of direct youth work practice that invites youth to become actively involved in their communities as citizens, collaborating with youth workers to create and sustain safe spaces for civic engagement. The book's contributors show how adults who work with youth can promote a democratic environment where youth can discuss, engage, and act on issues that matter to them. This book provides concrete case studies of civic youth workers and participating youth creating spaces for the civic and political development of young people in places that lack a social expectation of young people contributing to public life. From developing strategies for conflict reduction in Africa to mending the religious divide in Northern Ireland, the examples describe how to coordinate, support, and manage programs and initiatives with young people that can effect positive change on a global scale.
This text presents co-creation as a form of direct youth work practice that invites youth to become actively involved in their communities as citizens, collaborating with youth workers to create and sustain safe spaces for civic engagement. The book's contributors show how adults who work with youth can promote a democratic environment where youth can discuss, engage, and act on issues that matter to them. This book provides concrete case studies of civic youth workers and participating youth creating spaces for the civic and political development of young people in places that lack a social expectation of young people contributing to public life. From developing strategies for conflict reduction in Africa to mending the religious divide in Northern Ireland, the examples describe how to coordinate, support, and manage programs and initiatives with young people that can effect positive change on a global scale.
Reviews / Votes
The theoretical, value-based, and practical ideas contained within this text will appeal to both academics and practitioners alike. This is a timely book, forward thinking in its reframing of old ideas about how we view youth. * Heather Sanrud, Vancouver Island University *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-061641-0 (9780190616410)
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Persons
Ross VeLure Roholt (MSW, PhD, University of Minnesota) is associate professor of youth studies in the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches courses on civic youth work. He is an active community-based participatory researcher and has completed several studies on youth work, civic youth work, and youth involvement in democratic and social development. He is active internationally, with long-term work in Northern Ireland, Laos, and Japan and shorter-term work in Morocco, Korea, the Netherlands, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and Ireland.
Michael Baizerman (MSW, Columbia University; PhD, University of Pittsburgh) is professor of social work director of youth studies in the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota. He currently conducts research with students on behalf of municipal agencies and their youth services and is active internationally, with long-term work in Northern Ireland and Laos and shorter-term work in Korea and the Middle East.
R. W. Hildreth (PhD, University of Minnesota) is associate professor of political science at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. His research interests include democratic theory, the pragmatist philosophy of John Dewey, youth civic engagement, and transnational activism. He is currently working on a book about John Dewey, civic engagement, and the renewal of democratic life.
Michael Baizerman (MSW, Columbia University; PhD, University of Pittsburgh) is professor of social work director of youth studies in the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota. He currently conducts research with students on behalf of municipal agencies and their youth services and is active internationally, with long-term work in Northern Ireland and Laos and shorter-term work in Korea and the Middle East.
R. W. Hildreth (PhD, University of Minnesota) is associate professor of political science at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. His research interests include democratic theory, the pragmatist philosophy of John Dewey, youth civic engagement, and transnational activism. He is currently working on a book about John Dewey, civic engagement, and the renewal of democratic life.
Editor
Associate Professor of Youth Studies in the School of Social WorkAssociate Professor of Youth Studies in the School of Social Work, University of Minnesota
Professor of Social WorkProfessor of Social Work, University of Minnesota
Associate Professor of Political ScienceAssociate Professor of Political Science, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Content
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: A Big Surprise?
- Section 1: Civic Youth Workers
- 2. Critical Media Literacy in Action: Critical Media Literacy as Engaged Space in Urban Public Schools
- 3. Northern Ireland Museums as Sites of Youth Engagement
- 4. Creating Spaces for the Next Generation of Civil Rights in Mississippi: Youth Participation in the Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition
- 5. Engaging Youth in the Evaluation Process
- Section 2: Civic Youth Work Programs and Programming
- 6. School as a Site for Civic Youth Work Practices
- 7. Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: Art, Mentorship, and Environment Shape a Culture of Learning and Engagement
- 8. Leading the Way: Young People Co-creating a Safe Driving Culture
- Section 3: Policies Supporting and Challenging Civic Youth Work
- 9. Youth Civic Engagement in Korea: Past, Present, and Future
- 10. Engaging Youth to Transform Conflict: A Study of Youth and the Reduction of
- War in Africa
- 11. Croatian Youth Corner: Youth Participation and Civic Education from Practitioners' Eyes
- Section 4: Developing Civic Youth Work
- 12. Teaching and Training Civic Youth Workers: Creating Spaces for Reciprocal Civic and Youth Development
- 13. Understanding Civic Youth Work: Touchstones for Practice
- References
- Contributors
- Index