Ukrainian Youth and Civic Engagement: Unconventional Participation in Local Spaces

Autor/in	Tereshchenko, Antonina
Titel	Ukrainian Youth and Civic Engagement: Unconventional Participation in Local Spaces
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth Studies, 13 (2010) 5, S.597-613 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-6261
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Citizen Participation; Youth; Adolescents; Activism; Citizenship; Citizenship Education; Democracy; Local Issues; Educational Practices; Political Attitudes; Ukraine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Staatsbürgerschaft; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Demokratie; Bildungspraxis; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung
Abstract	This article builds upon the literature examining the relationship of contemporary youth with politics and youth civic participation through a study exploring youth citizenship in post-socialist Ukraine. Specifically, drawing upon qualitative research undertaken during 2005-2006 with young people (aged 15-18) from two contrasting regions in East and West Ukraine, this paper uses three examples to highlight (and contrast across regions, where applicable) the potential of young Ukrainians to engage in various forms of democratic participation. In particular, this paper will use the following examples both to examine and illustrate youth participation: (1) youth and the political upheavals known as the Orange Revolution; (2) models of private/community-focused citizenship articulated by youth; and (3) school citizenship education practices. In relation to these examples, the article suggests that young people's positions and practices are reminiscent of those citizenship perspectives which embrace the informal and contextual nature of civic participation focused on unconventional acts of citizenship. Connected to this, it argues that locality and schools may provide youth with an important space for civic engagement and for exercising democratic citizenship. Implications for educational practice are also explored with respect to the possibilities for place-based active citizenship education. (Contains 2 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10