Youth as Architects of Social Change
Global Efforts to Advance Youth-Driven Innovation
Editors: Bastien, Sheri, Holmarsdottir, Halla (Eds.)
Free Preview- Discusses key considerations associated with engaging youth in innovation and social change endeavours
- Presents arguments with important policy implications on issues of democracy, citizenship and education
- Explores the unifying theme of globalization and its impact on youth livelihoods
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- About this book
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This edited collection outlines the issues central to youth engagement in research and social innovation. Youth-driven innovation for social change is increasingly recognized as holding potential for the development of sustainable strategies to tackle some of the most pressing global challenges of our time. The contributors provide additional knowledge concerning what actually constitutes an enabling environment, as well as the most effective approaches for engaging youth as architects of change. While sensitive to the need for contextual appropriateness, the volume contributes to the development of shared understandings and frameworks for engaging and spurring youth-driven innovation for social change worldwide.
Youth-Driven Social Innovation showcases examples of youth engagement in frugal and reverse innovation worldwide, alongside examples which demonstrate the tremendous potential of South-South learning, but also learning and youth innovation in the Global North. It will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including education, sociology, anthropology, public health, and politics.
- About the authors
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Sheri Bastien is Associate Professor in Public Health at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada.
Halla B. Holmarsdottir is a Professor in the Multicultural and International Education program at Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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The Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Youth-Driven Innovation for Social Change
Pages 3-22
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Global Perspectives on Youth and School-to-Work Transitions in the Twenty-First Century: New Challenges and Opportunities in Skills Training Programs
Pages 23-42
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Critical Youth Work for Youth-Driven Innovation: A Theoretical Framework
Pages 43-74
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The Development of an Innovative One Health Sanitation Science Fair to Cultivate Change Agent Capacity Among Pastoralist Youth in Rural Tanzania
Pages 77-95
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Fostering a Rise in Youth Social Entrepreneurship in the Arabian Peninsula: From Policy to Implementation
Pages 97-120
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Youth as Architects of Social Change
- Book Subtitle
- Global Efforts to Advance Youth-Driven Innovation
- Editors
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- Sheri Bastien
- Halla Holmarsdottir
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-66275-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-66275-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-66274-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-88209-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIV, 353
- Number of Illustrations
- 4 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
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