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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Youth participation"”.
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An analysis of youth participation in athletics
1 PDF file (vii, 64 pages)
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Youth participation in peacebuilding in post-conflict northern Uganda
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration – Peace Studies, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2023. .
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A Comparison of Youth Participation Motives in Organized Sports
<p>Youth participation in organized physical activity has increased by more than 5 million in the last decade (Smith & Smoll, 2002). Of the 48 million youth 8 to 16 years old in the United States, 20 million participated in organized sport (Gould & Petlichkoff, 1998; Seefeldt & Ewing, 1997; Smith & …
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Socioeconomic Status and Youth Participation in Extracurricular Arts Activities
… family-level socioeconomic status and children's participation in structured, extracurricular, arts-based activities as well as cultural performance attendance. Drawing on Bourdieu's (1984) concept of 'cultural capital' and Lareau's (2002; 2003) concept of 'concerted cultivation', this study …
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Constraints to youth participation in the current Federal political environment
This research explores the constraints to youth participation through the mechanism of the National Youth Roundtable. In 1999 the National Youth Roundtable was established as the centrepiece of the Federal Government's `Voices of Youth' initiative, designed to go to the grass roots of the youth …
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Ifjúsági részvétel a pártpolitikán túl = Youth participation beyond party politics
A doktori disszertáció a magyar fiatalok politikai részvételének folyamatát vizsgálja. A kutatás alapfeltevése szerint amennyiben a fiatalokat nem érdekli a politika, annak okát nem kizárólag a korosztály tagjaiban kell keresni, hanem a korosztály társadalmi környezetére tekintettel azt is célszerű …
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Youth participation in child welfare decision making: A focused ethnography
This dissertation examines youth participation in child welfare decision-making in the context of permanency planning family team conferences. It explores the factors that influence youth attendance and participation in decision-making opportunities. It also examines the strategies conference …
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Exploring youth participation in community development organisations in the Western Cape
The aim of the study was to explore youth participation in Community Development Organisations and its implications for positive youth development from the perspective of a select sample of Youth in the Western Cape. A purposive sample of 18 youth respondents between the ages (14-35) from five …
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The Struggle for Space : Youth Participation in 'Ngoma' groups in Globalizing Tanzania
… that they are denied access. Consequently, youth use ngoma to search for alternative space. Striving to achieve this, the study uses field data collected between July 2011 and January 2014 from young people in ngoma groups, audiences, teachers and theatre professionals from both Iringa and …
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Faith based institutions and youth participation in community development : issues and opportunities
… faith-based institutions can play in involving youth. Across the nation, churches and church-affiliated community organizations provide adults opportunities to revitalize their communities. In this thesis, two types of challenges that hinder these organizations from providing similar …
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In search of recognition: youth participation In 'traditional' dancing In Nyanga, Cape Town
… in community. Building on research about youth, dance, and recognition, I argue that youth in Nyanga employ economic, artistic, and organizational strategies in their ‘traditional' dancing to gain recognition. These strategies enable them to accumulate resources to be acknowledged in the …
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Youth participation and the Scottish Parliament: accessibility and participation for children and young people.
… power-sharing; accountability; accessibility and participation; and equal opportunities. Citing accessibility and participation as the cornerstone of their work, the Parliaments institutional architects (the Consultative Steering Group) argued that devolution should deliver a participatory …
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Exploring perceptions of rural youth participation in political elections: A case study of Thulamela Municipality
… revealed a concerning trend: South African youth increasingly became disinterested in participating in political processes, particularly elections. This study investigated the phenomenon of voter apathy among South African youth, focusing specifically on factors that influenced this …
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Exploring Factors That Can Contribute to Youth Participation in Indigenous Crop Farming at Tshipise Sagole Village
… the main pillars of South African economy, for youth to be actively participating in South African economy it means that they should also consider to be engaged within agricultural sector of South Africa. Stats SA (2021) continued stating that “percentage of unemployed youth between the age of …
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Technological initiatives for social empowerment : design experiments in technology-supported youth participation and local civic engagements
… of two initiatives that focus primarily on youth participation and local civic engagement. In the Young Activists Network initiative, I worked with youth technology centers from different parts of the world organizing young people to become agents of change in the places where they live. In …
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Young People as Active Citizens: Placing Youth Participation Structures in The Republic of Ireland under Critical Scrutiny
… investigation into the effectiveness of the youth participation structures created by the Irish State following the passing of the National Children’s Strategy (2000). As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the State is obliged to extend citizenship …
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Young Conservatives, Young Socialists and the great youth abstention : youth participation and non-participation in political parties
This thesis is an investigation into participation and non-participation by young people in British political parties. Falling turnout in British elections has lead to concern about the level of popular participation in the political system, especially amongst the young. Those between 18 and 25 are …
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Assessment of Youth Participation in Agriculture and Water Development Projects: a case of Mkinga district in Tanga Region
The study aimed at assessing youth participation in agriculture and water development projects in Mkinga District. The specific objectives were to assess youth participation in Conceptualization of Projects,to investigate youth involvement in decision making process of projects, and assess youth …
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A social network analysis of the use of social media to promote agriculture to indonesian youth
… development. With the issue of aging farmers, youth have the potential to become agents of change for the development of agriculture and support the Industrial Revolution 4.0. Nevertheless, young people have less willingness to participate in agriculture. Instead, they prefer working in …
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Citizen engagement: Politics and digital media in Namibia
… indicated that there is a downward trend in youth participation in politics and civic activities, in both the global South and the global North. Most of these studies were conducted in the West – only a few in the global South; and not all their authors are agreed on the subject of youth …
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