Young People As Agents of Sustainable Society - Reclaiming the Future

This book analyses young people's societal participation as a central dimension of their wellbeing, and as vitally important to secure the sustainable future of humankind and the whole eco-social system.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I: Structures and new models of youth participation
1. Youth and law drafting – developing quality youth participation in legislative processes and courtrooms
2. Experimenting with youth-centred e-participation – the case of the Virtual Council
3. Intergenerational justice and learning: from responsibilisation of young people towards sustainable well-being and environmental citizenship
4. Governance of young people’s participation: critical reflections
Part II: Critical views from the margins
5. Young adults’ perceptions of citizenship outside and beyond labour market citizenship
6. "Am I not a lovely green-and-red, a watermelon?" Young people negotiating political participation from marginalised positions
7. Young people’s climate activism on the move – case Finland
Part III: To be(come) seen and heard – but how and how to study it?
8. Participatory research with young people – too little, too much, too romanticised? Reflections on co-research with young refugees
9. Co-constructing knowledge of refugee youths’ lives in Finland – epistemological notes
10. Exploring the future together with young people – methodological considerations on playfulness, joy and silence as forms of participation
11. "How on Earth does one find a job in Finland?" Reflections on using documentary film as research method in studying young asylum seekers’ employment prospects
Conclusion

About the author

Päivi Honkatukia is Professor of Youth Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland.

Tiina Rättilä is Researcher and Project Manager at the University of Eastern Finland, Finland.

Summary

This book analyses young people’s societal participation as a central dimension of their wellbeing, and as vitally important to secure the sustainable future of humankind and the whole eco-social system.

Product details

• Authors: Paivi (Tampere University Honkatukia
• Assisted by: Päivi Honkatukia (Editor), Tiina Rättilä (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032384498
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238449-8
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Youth, Young Adulthood and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sustainability, Sociology, Climate Change, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Personal & public health, Politics & government, Social issues & processes, Politics and government, Moral and social purpose of education, Social and ethical issues, Development Studies, Personal and public health / health education, Moral & social purpose of education