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Youth as Architects of Social Change

Global Efforts to Advance Youth-Driven Innovation

Palgrave Macmillan
  • 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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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Positioning Youth as Social Innovators on the Global Stage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Critical Youth Work for Youth-Driven Innovation: A Theoretical Framework

      • Daniele Morciano, Maurizio Merico
      Pages 43-74
  3. Case Studies of Youth-Driven Innovation for Social Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
    2. The Development of an Innovative One Health Sanitation Science Fair to Cultivate Change Agent Capacity Among Pastoralist Youth in Rural Tanzania

      • Sheri Bastien, Erin Hetherington, Keri Williams, Jennifer Hatfield, Mange Manyama
      Pages 77-95
    3. Youth and Politics: The Use of ICTs and the New Political Activism in Brazil

      • Maria Francisca Pinheiro Coelho, Ana Cristina Murta Collares
      Pages 121-154
    4. Building Student Change Agent Capabilities: Case UniWASH in Uganda

      • Riina Subra, Mikko Koria, Oona Timonen, Stella Neema, Annika Launiala
      Pages 175-213
    5. The Amplifier Effect: Oslo Youth Co-creating Urban Spaces of (Be)longing

      • Ingrid M. Tolstad, Aina Landsverk Hagen, Bengt Andersen
      Pages 215-242
  4. Erratum to: Youth as Architects of Social Change

    • Sheri Bastien, Halla B. Holmarsdottir
    Pages E1-E1
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 339-353

About this book

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. 

Reviews

“The text is useful as a guide to social innovation from the perspective of the world’s youngest innovators.” (Lindsay R. Martin, CBQ Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Vol. 51 (3-4), 2020)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Public Health Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

    Sheri Bastien

  • Oslo and Akershus University College, Oslo, Norway

    Halla B. Holmarsdottir

About the editors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Youth as Architects of Social Change

  • Book Subtitle: Global Efforts to Advance Youth-Driven Innovation

  • Editors: Sheri Bastien, Halla B. Holmarsdottir

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66275-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66274-9Published: 24 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88209-3Published: 06 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66275-6Published: 12 December 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 353

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Democracy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation/Technology Management

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eBook USD 119.00
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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