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Considers the possibilities for active citizenship within areas of broad concern in UK politics: young people and justice; parliaments with the people; women and equality; integrating immigrants; multiculturalism; schools; community; social inclusion and poverty; Europe; nationalisms and Britishness.

Citizenship --- Political participation --- Social participation --- Participation, Social --- Community life --- Social groups

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Information and computer technologies are used every day by real people with real needs. The authors contributing to Shaping the Network Society describe how technology can be used effectively by communities, activists, and citizens to meet society's challenges. In their vision, computer professionals are concerned less with bits, bytes, and algorithms and more with productive partnerships that engage both researchers and community activists. These collaborations are producing important sociotechnical work that will affect the future of the network society.Traditionally, academic research on real-world users of technology has been neglected or even discouraged. The authors contributing to this book are working to fill this gap; their theoretical and practical discussions illustrate a new orientation -- research that works with people in their natural social environments, uses common language rather than rarefied academic discourse, and takes a pragmatic perspective. The topics they consider are key to democratization and social change. They include human rights in the "global billboard society"; public computing in Toledo, Ohio; public digital culture in Amsterdam; "civil networking" in the former Yugoslavia; information technology and the international public sphere; "historical archaeologies" of community networks; "technobiographical" reflections on the future; libraries as information commons; and globalization and media democracy, as illustrated by Indymedia, a global collective of independent media organizations.

Civil society. --- Social participation. --- Computer networks --- Information technology --- Participation, Social --- Social aspects. --- Social contract --- Community life --- Social groups --- Information technolog

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Este informe proporciona cifras actualizadas sobre el desempleo juvenil a nivel mundial y regional. El informe analiza además las tasas de trabajadores pobres, las oportunidades de trabajo decente tanto en las economías desarrolladas como en las economías en desarrollo, así como las desigualdades de género y las tendencias en materia de migración entre los jóvenes.

Youth --- Social participation --- Twenty-first century --- Participation, Social --- Community life --- Social groups --- Young people --- Young persons --- Youngsters --- Youths --- Age groups --- Life cycle, Human --- Social conditions --- Forecasting.

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Small cities face intricate challenges. No Straight Lines provides the basis for a refined model of community-engaged leadership and research designed to realize equality of quality of life. With particular attention to the small city of Kamloops, BC, this book explores the impact of extended, short-term, and unique leadership collaborations and local responses to homelessness, sustainability and food security, aging populations, and the recovery of local history. It offers exciting insights into the role of the university in the small city, from generating local learning opportunities to the integration of undergraduates and faculty in achieving positive change. Based on active engagement, No Straight Lines reveals the obstacles present in addressing local needs, and the transformations that can be achieved through effective collaboration. It offers rich accounts and valuable insights into flexible practices that respond to the needs of community organizations while recognizing the challenges associated with resource constraints and limitations in capacity. This unique collection provides new insights into the barriers and benefits of leadership and learning in the small city. With Contributions By: Ginny Rastoy, Lisa Cooke, Robin Reid, Kendra Besanger, Dawn Farough, Tina Block, and Terry Kading

Community leadership --- Local government --- Social participation --- Kamloops (B.C.) --- Social conditions. --- Participation, Social --- Community life --- Social groups --- Local administration --- Township government --- Subnational governments --- Administrative and political divisions --- Decentralization in government --- Public administration --- Community power --- Leadership --- British Columbia --- Community

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Around the world, citizens in local communities are utilising ICTs to underpin the creation of a participatory and democratic vision of the network society. Embedded in the richness and diversity of community practice, a vision of a 'civil network society' is emerging. A society where ICTs are harnessed as tools to improve the quality of life and reflect the diversity of social networks; where people are viewed as citizens, not just as consumers, and where heterogeneity is perceived as a strength rather than a weakness. Community Practice in the Network Society looks at the

Information society. --- Information technology --- Communities. --- Social participation. --- Social action. --- Digital divide. --- Divide, Digital --- GDD (Global digital divide) --- Global digital divide --- Information society --- Social policy --- Social problems --- Participation, Social --- Community life --- Social groups --- Community --- Sociology --- Information superhighway --- Social aspects.