Understanding Youth Civic Engagement:Debates, discourses and lessons from practice
Brady, Bernadine Dolan, Pat Kearns, Noreen Kennan, Danielle McGrath, Brian Shaw, Aileen Brennan, Mark
Brady, Bernadine
Dolan, Pat
Kearns, Noreen
Kennan, Danielle
McGrath, Brian
Shaw, Aileen
Brennan, Mark
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http://hdl.handle.net/10379/3474
https://doi.org/10.13025/20766
https://doi.org/10.13025/20766
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2012
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Brady, B; Dolan, P; Kearns, N; Kennan, D; McGrath, B; Shaw, A; Brennan, M. (Expert Advisor, Pennsylvania State University) (2012) Understanding Youth Civic Engagement:Debates, discourses and lessons from practice. Unesco Child and Family Research Centre, .
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This paper outlines key definitions and typologies that help to distinguish youth civic engagement activities from other forms of youth activity. It identifies five discourses that create a rationale for youth civic engagement activity. The paper summarises the perceived benefits of youth civic engagement to individuals and communities suggested by research. It also highlights the barriers and challenges to the civic engagement of youth. In the final section, this paper explicitly focuses on learning from the literature that can inform the development of civic action programmes and issues associated with effective programmes are identified.
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Unesco Child and Family Research Centre
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