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Direct linkNenga, Sandi Kawecka – Journal of Youth Studies, 2012
Public discourse suggests that volunteer work will transform youth into productive citizens by connecting youth to their communities. However, the meaning and practice of "community" is rarely defined or investigated. Using interview and observation data from a study of 47 volunteers aged 15-23, I argue that there are three different types of…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Interviews, Observation, Disadvantaged Youth
Black, Rosalyn – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
The public policy of numerous nations, including Australia, articulates a clear expectation that schools will develop young people's capacities to participate in civic society and its democratic structures and processes. A romantic policy rhetoric hides a reality that is both more complex and less well understood than is typically acknowledged.…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Public Policy
Coburn, Annette – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
The changing lives of young people provided the context for the Scottish Government to publish, "Moving Forward--a strategy for improving young people's chances through Youth Work". This strategy reported young peoples' aspirations to be treated equally and to know their opinions count. Contemporary theories on youth work suggested that…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Young Adults, Social Capital, Cultural Capital
Maguire, Sue; Rennison, Jo – Journal of Youth Studies, 2005
This paper draws on evidence from the evaluation of the piloting of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) in England, to explore the extent to which a financial incentive to remain in full-time learning prevents young people entering the "not in education, employment or training" (NEET) group. Evidence from the evaluation would suggest that…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Continuing Education, Incentive Grants, Participation
Harslof, Ivan – Journal of Youth Studies, 2005
Young unemployed persons are a prioritised group in active labour market programmes. Such programmes can be regarded as "integrative", facilitating integration into the labour market for young people in accordance with their own preferences. However, such programmes can also be regarded as "defensive", discouraging young…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Youth
Lehmann, Wolfgang – Journal of Youth Studies, 2004
Despite late modernity and risk society discourses about the decreasing influence of structural factors on educational and occupational attainment, it has also been argued that socio-economic background and gender continue to influence individuals' school-work transitions. Comparing youth apprentices and academic high school students in Canada and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Working Class, Social Structure, Socioeconomic Background
