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This study explores the service-citizenship nexus in Nigeria, using the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as an empirical backdrop. It attempts to understand the relationship between civic service and citizenship on the one hand, and it examines the question as to whether youth service promotes a sense of citizenship and patriotism on the other. In the relevant studies on service and sociology, the assumption that service is antecedent to, and impacts positively on citizenship, is taken for granted. However, conclusions from this study call for an urgent rethinking of this wisdom.
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Miranda Yates and James Youniss have brought together an international collection of essays that describe the state of community participation among the world's youth. Authors from around the globe use empirical data to present portraits of youth constructing their civic identities through such means as community service. Youth seek to resolve ideological tensions, such as in Northern Ireland and Palestine; to overcome corrupting political practices, such as in Italy and Taiwan; to deal with disillusionment, such as in Palestine and the emerging Eastern European nations; and to bridge barriers against youth's meaningful participation in the working of society, such as in Canada and Japan. Special conditions, such as the diminution of the welfare state, for instance, in former West Germany, and the rapid turn towards democracy in former East Germany offer insight into the process through which youth try to establish meaningful person-state relationships.
Young volunteers in social service --- Cross-cultural studies --- Jeunes bénévoles en service social --- -#PBIB:1999.2 --- Youth volunteers in social service --- Jeunes bénévoles en service social --- #PBIB:1999.2 --- Social service --- Cross-cultural studies. --- Etudes transculturelles --- Young volunteers in social service - Cross-cultural studies. --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology --- Young volunteers in social service - Cross-cultural studies --- Youth --- Political activity. --- Politics and young people --- Youth in politics
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Adults and youth who are engaged in social and ecological justice in community and educational work will find this book a critical overview of the role played by adults in the joint endeavours of adults and youth. Through various case studies, the book offers a glimpse into the work being undertaken by a wide range of international educators and community development workers where common themes emerge across the different sites. The book explores the development of, and the internal and external constraints upon, adult and youth emancipatory practices, as well as the effective adult and youth beliefs and actions that facilitate collaborative leadership in issues of social and ecological justice. The authors offer a critical examination of the degree to which youth are able to participate in decision-making processes, or to the extent to which they were given space and power to truly explore democratic and dialogic partnerships. With an emphasis on the power dynamics inherent in adult/youth relationships, and the potential of these relationships to engage in democratic transformation, the book examines the patterns, benefits and limitations of the youth-adult connections.
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A comprehensive collection of the research and policy developments in civic service worldwide, this work provides an assessment of what works and what doesn't work in the field. It presents a conceptualization and operational definition of civic service that allows for variations across nations and cultures.
Labor service. --- National service. --- Young volunteers in community development. --- Youth volunteers in community development --- Alternative military service --- Service, Alternative military --- Service, National --- Service, Labor --- Community development --- Public welfare --- Recruiting and enlistment --- Social service --- Labor
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This innovative comparative study provides nuanced accounts of the personal experiences of young people who care deeply about their communities and are actively engaged in a variety of public issues.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Teenagers --- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Adolescence --- Young volunteers. --- Youth --- Politics and young people --- Youth in politics --- Youth volunteers --- Volunteers --- Political activity. --- Political participation --- Political activity
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Youth --- Young volunteers in community development --- Youth and violence --- Violence and youth --- Violence --- Youth volunteers in community development --- Community development --- Young people --- Young persons --- Youngsters --- Youths --- Age groups --- Life cycle, Human --- Social conditions. --- Health and hygiene.