Abstract
Theories relating to youth participation are, in the main, ill-defined and contested. It is often assumed that citizenship and a sense of well-being are the outcomes of active forms of youth participation. This paper presents a critical comparative review of each before offering a new model which seeks to explain the top-down and bottom-up influences on the positive engagement of young people.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 25-40 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2009 |
Keywords
- Citizenship
- Consultation
- Engagement
- Participation
- Social capital theory
- Well being
- Young people