Youth Change Agents: Comparing the Sociopolitical Identities of Youth Organizers and Youth Commissioners

Autor/inn/en	Conner, Jerusha O.; Cosner, Katherine
Titel	Youth Change Agents: Comparing the Sociopolitical Identities of Youth Organizers and Youth Commissioners
Quelle	In: Democracy & Education, 24 (2016) 1, Artikel 2 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-3545
Schlagwörter	Urban Youth; Change Agents; Activism; Social Change; Political Attitudes; Youth Programs; Participation; Policy Formation; Educational Change; Comparative Analysis; Case Studies; Political Socialization; Community Programs; Citizen Participation; Empowerment; Social Problems; Problem Solving; Change Strategies; Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sozialer Wandel; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Jugendsofortprogramm; Teilnahme; Politische Betätigung; Bildungsreform; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Politische Sozialisation; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Problemlösen; Lösungsstrategie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Although youth have long been at the forefront of social change, the last two decades have seen an upsurge in the number of organizations, agencies, and governmental bodies dedicated to supporting the idea of youth voice in public policy. Drawing on in-depth individual interviews with 32 youth in one major urban center, this study compares how participation in differently positioned political activities influences participants' sociopolitical identities and their views of the most effective mechanisms for social change. Specifically, this research compares youth involved in a government-sanctioned youth commission, developed to advise policymakers, with youth involved in a community-based youth organizing group, focused on fighting for educational reform. The study explores similarities and differences in the two sets of participants' civic commitments, sense of agency, and beliefs about the process of social change. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01