Youth Studies

The wider cultural universe of contemporary Eveny is a specific and revealing subset of post-Soviet society. From an anthropological perspective, the author seeks to reveal not only the Eveny cultural universe but also the universe of the children and adolescents within this universe. The first full-length ethnographic study among the adolescence of Siberian indigenous peoples, it presents the young people’s narratives about their own future and shows how they form constructs of time, space, agency and personhood through the process of growing up and experiencing their social world. The study brings a new perspective to the anthropology of childhood and uncovers a quite unexpected dynamic in narrating and foreshadowing the future while relating it to cultural patterns of prediction and fulfillment in nomadic cosmology.

The intention of this paper is to interpret the ontological conditions of youth identity crisis missionally. This is first done by conceptualising identity crisis as a psychological phenomenon using frameworks of authenticity and attachment to explain the impact of early attachment abuse, abandonment depression, insecure attachment anxiety with God, and self-regulation on the identity formation of the youth. Secondly, the paper introduces a missional hermeneutic that provides an interpretative framework for coping with the crises of identity amongst young people. A missional hermeneutic of care for coping with the crisis of identity formation, therefore, elaborates on the missional basis of biblical interpretation as a powerful framework within which to interpret a skewed, conflicted identity. The author herewith proposes a missional opportunity that can activate the missional consciousness of young people in their time of crisis and identity formation. Furthermore, the author insists that this missional methodology can be a very useful strategy for producing therapeutic change in young people and can help youth ministry workers and pastoral caregivers to reframe the crisis of youth identity from the perspective of 'missio Dei'.

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has become synonymous with armed banditry and existence of various restive groups clamouring for increased visible participation in the political, social and economic activities of the region. The activities of these criminalised non-state armed groups have scarred the region for more than a decade causing devastation in the major fabric of the society. This paper examines this phenomenon and discovers that, efforts towards disarming these groups have faced serious challenges ranging from the proliferation of arms, lack of an all encompassing social dialogue system, corruption on the side of government official and general underdevelopment of the area. The paper also discovers that, the degree of organised criminality in Nigeria's Delta region is mostly perpetrated by the youth in conspiracy with major political stake holders. This paper therefore recommends that, disarming these criminal gangs/groups must be situated within the human security need of the government fulfilling its social contract with the people through good governance that will guarantee the people's quality of life. This recommendation is based on the fact that Strategising on ways of disarming non-state armed groups without emphasis on human security and employment generation would create room for justification of criminality, inspire proliferation of more groups, and increase security risks in the region.

Today’s young people in Central and Eastern Europe are the first cohort with­out direct experience of the socialist system. For those in Poland, the opportu­nities of the free market, free movement within the EU, and democratic stand­ards have become the norm. Thousands of young Poles regularly take to the streets, not only to demand higher wages and improved working conditions for doctors or teachers, but also to protest against the judicial reforms that the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party undertook in 2017. At the same time, more Polish youth than expected voted for PiS in local elections in 2018.

A ZOiS survey conducted in February 2019 provides insights into the political attitudes of young Poles, their political engagement, and their views on and experiences with other countries in the run-up to two important elections: the parliamentary vote on 13 October 2019 and the presidential election due by May 2020 at the latest.

The policy phrase Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is rapidly gaining ground across Southeast Asia (and beyond). Despite numerous policy reports, little is known about how vocational training and education work as sites of practice. This is especially true for informal household-based apprenticeships and privately organized, commercial classroom-based training. Yet, these latter arrangements are numerous, an integral part of the widespread informal economy, and reflecting the fact that homes have retained their productive character in much of the Global South. Combining a village-based perspective (Laos) with an urban-based perspective (Cambodia), we analyse how these informal and privately organized training spaces are situated in rural youth’s gendered lives and shaped by, but also generative of, aspirations of ‘becoming someone’. In addition, comparing informal apprenticeships with classroom-based training leads us to raise some important questions about the implications of the (global) policy emphasis on the standardization and formalization of TVET.

The paper examines the nexus among the concepts of democracy, globalisation and technology, arguably the three most interdependent notions affecting the way and speed in which global dynamics and diplomatic practises were transformed. It analyses the evolution of non-state actors' engagement in multilateral processes between the Stockholm Conference in 1972 and the Rio+20 Conference in 2012. The experience of the Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) at the Rio+20 Conference is introduced as a case study to illustrate the practical application of the nexus and its impact on stakeholder engagement. The analysis recognises that the nexus offers a real opportunity to improve diplomacy means and practices and encourage further exploration into the nexus’ full potential.

Social fragmentation of urban life is a common and growing process in most Latin American big cities. In spite of the strong link between urban studies and youth studies, the relationship between contemporary processes of socio‐spatial fragmentation and the youth experience of the city remains still today under‐explored. This chapter examines the complex relationship between space, class and gender inequalities, and how they interrelate to shape young people’s urban experience and sociability. The expansion of residential segregation, gated communities, new public spaces, insecurity and fears, among
other contemporary urban features, have a strong impact in young people's urban life, which is mediated by the class and gender conditions. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, interviews and focus groups with privileged and disadvantaged youth in Mexico City, the analysis focuses in two main issues: on the one hand, the processes of "unequal inclusion" and "reciprocal exclusion" in the city, and, on the other hand, the patterns of urban social interaction based on mutual stigmatization and lack of social recognition.

"If our church doesn't get more young people soon, we're going to die," blurted the head deaconess during my pastoral interview. I looked around the room at the dedicated group of 60- and 70-year-old church leaders. I respected their openness about the reality in their church (and many other churches in North America).

When you don't have many, or any, young adults in your church, what do you do?

Here are four things that ANYONE in ANY CHURCH can do to activate young adults in your church whether you don't have many or any.

New Horizons is the only recurring global survey of the youth, student and educational travel market. The aim of New Horizons is to provide an overview of the youth travel market, which WYSE Travel Confederation and UNWTO have estimated to account for 23% of international arrivals.

This course will examine the relationship between youth and conflict.  We will explore various definitions of youth as a biological, cultural, and political category.  We will discuss youth and children as victims of conflict, as perpetrators of violence, and as builders of peace.  Other topics include youth and nationalism, the effect of conflict on educational systems, the special situation of girls affected by conflict, the efforts of international child protection agencies and NGOs to work with children and youth affected by war, children’s testimonies of violence, and the involvement of youth in peacebuilding.

The termination of parental rights of parents with mental disabilities is a growing and crucial issue.  In 2010, an estimated 45.9 million adults in the U.S. had experienced a mental illness in the past year. This represents 20% of the adult population.  More than five million children in the U.S. have a parent with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression.  Courts and child welfare systems too often assume that a parent is not amenable to treatment and is a danger to his or her child when strong symptoms of mental turmoil surface.  Some studies report that as many as 70 to 80% of mentally ill parents have lost custody.  Public systems are overwhelmed by this matter in an era of shrinking resources for such systems.  However, often parents with mental health needs are willing to accept treatment, are able to participate in programming, and are worthy of regaining custody. 
• There are gaps in federal and state law on this issue.  The federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) requires that state child welfare agencies and courts make “reasonable efforts” towards family reunification before the termination of parental rights (TPR) can take place.  However, federal statutes and case law provide little guidance to states about what “reasonable efforts” means, and states have been left to interpret that concept individually.  Many state statutes even enable a “bypass” of the “reasonable efforts” standard when “clear and convincing” evidence allegedly shows that a parent's mental condition cannot be changed.  Many states likewise place unjust, statutory and common law time limits on family reunification efforts in TPR cases. 
• Gaps in legal scholarship are also evident here.  Legal scholars have begun to discuss the inadequacy of reunification services for mentally challenged parents, the tenuous link between mental health services and child welfare agency action, the need for enhanced attorney and child welfare worker preparation in this arena, and a need for cultural competence in reunification services.  Others have even suggested that there be a rebuttable presumption in favor of family reunification.  However, those discussions lack a sound theoretical basis and a practical application of solutions. 
• As is featured in previous work of this author, a new theoretical framework of Family Systems Theory-- which is utilized in clinical behavioral health and human rights arenas-- must first be applied.  Under this theoretical framework, the vague and outdated “best interests of the child” standard, which is a legal standard used exclusively in family law cases, must be replaced with a more sound standard of “holistic family wellbeing.”  Vulnerability Theory can add credence to this theoretical framework.
• The discussion of reunification services for families featuring parents with mental disabilities should then be conducted utilizing Family Systems Theory and a legal standard of “holistic family wellbeing.”  Under these circumstances, the “family integrity” defended by our highest courts through the “reasonable efforts” provision should be upheld through the delivery of highly effective family reunification services.  The application of Family Systems Theory ultimately requires reform in the law, service delivery, and professional practice.  State and federal legislators must revisit the “reasonable efforts” standard, to include specific statutory language about the types of reunification services required and the need for flexible timelines.  Courts, child welfare agencies, and service providers need to deliver proven reunification services and coordinated mental health treatment.  In specific court cases, attorneys for the parent(s), the child(ren), and the state should focus on “holistic family wellbeing” utilizing collaborative family law and alternative dispute resolution, while advancing the agency of their clients.  Child welfare workers and practitioners likewise require training in advanced methods of conflict resolution and clinical practice.  These recommendations can ensure more effective family law practice and more successful family - serving systems.

Since the 18th century to the present, the concept of worldview has been used in various forms by various writers and extensively in several fields of academic disciplines. The article provides a brief historical overview of its usage in the literature and demonstrates how worldview has been perceived differently over time. It presents the evolution of the concept, its essential characteristics, worldviews frameworks, Muslim worldviews, and the identity formation of young Muslims. Thus, it provides a detailed, overview of how the concept has been understood in the core disciplines, particularly in Islam and Western culture and most relevant for Muslim identity. 
The Worldview Theory has been popular in the West, but has not yet found a proper place in the Turkish context. This study aims to remedy the lack of the concept of worldview in the current literature. Nevertheless, exploring the Muslim identity is important. The meaning of identity is defined with Tariq Ramadan’s four foundational pillars. These four aspects provide sufficient idea of the basics of Muslim identity, individual and social, in a particular area of the world. Regarding this, religion and religious education have attempted to respond to the challenges faced by many young people seeking to find a worldview that holds the promise of a meaningful life. Thus, the religious worldview dimension of life is significant and is given special attention in this article. This paper is concerned to be one of the few attempts to discuss a need for professional care in dealing with the development of worldview and identity relations.

The study explores the individual differences in the experience of faith formation using the framework of attachment theory, as it looks at what inspires attachment behaviours toward God. The experience of faith formation is herewith conceptualised in this study as a care-giving experience, watered by reciprocity of proximity with a divine attachment figure. The findings suggest four individual pathways in which the faith of young people was formed. These pathways were seen as remedies for previous insecure attachment experience with unavailable human attachment figures, and as a means of enhancing an already positive attachment with human relational partners. In-depth interviews were conducted with fifteen Christian youths of various racial backgrounds who were active members of different church denominations in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. The data collected from the respondents position youth faith formation as an attachment phenomenon.

After a 35 years-long career on worldwide TV screens, Lieutenant Columbo has become one of the most famous ctional detectives. Lilian Mathieu shows that the Columbo series owes its success to its implicit but formidable political dimension, as each episode is structured as a class struggle between a rich, famous, cultured or powerful criminal and an apparently humble and blunderer police o cer dressed in a crumpled raincoat and driving an antique car. Highlighting the contentious context that gave birth to the series in 1968, he shows that the sociology of culture o fers intellectual tools to understand how a TV detective story can be appreciated as a joyful class revenge. Readership Students and teachers in lm, TV and communication studies, sociology of culture and political science, amateurs of detective stories and, rst of all, Columbo fans. For more information see brill.com

Cultural Identity in the Harry Potter Films is a non-empirical evaluation of the topics of interest in the movie series that have had an impact or influence either on, or because of, British Cultural Identity. Emphasis is directed towards Feminism, Religion, War and Prejudice and how these topics have impacted upon the British legacy of the series. This dissertation does not set out to find a definitive conclusion; rather, it reflects on pre-existing literature to present a coherent analysis of the influences of Cultural Identity and Harry Potter. Drawing on a plethora of non-empirical research, this dissertation is an evaluation on what makes the Harry Potter series innately British and how these topics may have an influence on the series' legacy and the young audiences viewing it.

Au cours des dernières décennies, la proportion des individus se déclarant « sans religion » dans le cadre de sondages et d’enquêtes de population a connu une hausse marquée dans la plupart des sociétés occidentales. Le Québec n’échappe pas à cette tendance, alors que ce phénomène de désidentification religieuse semble gagner en importance auprès des jeunes générations. En contexte franco-québécois, les études de nature qualitative et menées auprès de ce groupe démographique hétérogène se font rares. Alors que de plus en plus de jeunes s’identifient comme sans religion, force est d’admettre que nous en savons bien peu sur l’état de leurs croyances. Qui sont-ils et qu’est-ce qui les pousse à s’identifier ainsi ? Comment l’étiquette qu’ils réclament traduit-elle leur non-appartenance ? Comment le récit biographique de ces jeunes, issus de différents horizons, nous informe-t-il sur l’évolution de leur rapport à la religion ? Ce ne sont là que quelques-unes questions à l’origine de notre réflexion sur les manières implicites ou explicites dont est vécue l’absence de religion dans la vie de jeunes Québécois. Le spectre des sans religion est large et les identités sont poreuses, mais le principe de nonaffiliation constitue un facteur d’affirmation fort, dans une société où les débats entourant la place de la religion ne cessent de polariser. Ce mémoire veut décrire la configuration et la dynamique de l’imaginaire de jeunes Québécois sans religion en cernant leurs croyances, valeurs, normes, visions de la vie et de la mort et en saisissant comment ces différentes composantes interagissent entre elles. À partir de cette exploration, nous tenterons de dégager certains axes de la recomposition religieuse en cours

Highlighting the events of Egyptian Revolution 2011, various mass­media tried to explain what had caused the riots. Most explanations followed the same pattern, blaming economic stagnation, poverty, inequality, corruption and unemployment. A typical explanation is that " Egyptians have the same complaints that drove Tunisians onto the streets: surging food prices, poverty, unemployment and authoritarian rule that smothers public protests quickly and often brutally ". Such unanimity incited us to investigate to what extent those accusations reflected the Egyptian reality. So we decided to take each of the above mentioned " revolution causes " and to look into the actual dynamics of the relevant socioeconomic indicators in the years preceding the Egyptian revolution. Resumen En los titulares de los eventos de la Revolución egipcia de 2011, varios medios de masas intentaron explicar qué había causado los disturbios. La mayoría de las explicaciones seguían el mismo patrón, protestas por el estancamiento económico, pobreza, desigualdad, corrupción y desempleo. Una explicación típica es que " Los egipcios tienen las mismas quejas que llevaron a los tunecinos a las calles: precios galopantes de los alimentos, pobreza, desempleo y reglas autoritarias que silenciaron las protestas públicas rápida y a menudo brutalmente ". Esa unanimidad nos incitó a investigar hasta qué punto esas actuaciones reflejaban la realidad Egipcia. Así que decidimos tomar cada una de las mencionadas " causas de la revolución " y mirar en la actual dinámica de los indicadores relevantes de la socio­economía, en los días previos a la revolución egipcia. Palabras clave: Egipto, revolución, demografía.

Este libro es resultado del trabajo en equipo y en red de cientos de investigadoras/
es e interesados en el estudio de la condición juvenil en Argentina.
Su contenido articula un estado del arte de estudios en juventudes en el
país y ofrece una muestra de trabajos recientes en la temática. Muchas veces
desperdigados por la lejanía geográfica o la pertenencia institucional y
disciplinar de sus autores, las producciones aquí reunidas atraviesan muchas
de estas fronteras. Cada uno de los artículos abre el diálogo entre quienes
hoy están produciendo conocimiento en el país, y nos embarca en la
complejidad de informar y explicar nuestra sociedad desde el intercambio
y la reflexión con otros.
Siendo producto de la 1º ReNIJ el presente libro es un reflejo de su
organización, tanto en lo que respecta a los ejes temáticos de trabajo como
a su concepción en tanto producción colectiva. Se compone de las relatorías
escritas por los coordinadores y un artículo por ellos seleccionado entre las
ponencias presentadas para cada grupo de trabajo (debían excluirse en el
caso que ellos también fueran ponentes).
En relación a los artículos se leerá que algunos de los trabajos publicados
analizan y escriben sobre acontecimientos muy recientes, y otros un
poco más lejanos en el tiempo. Esta es una historia en el camino en parte «en caliente», en tanto textos de avances de investigación, pero de ningún modo desanudados de las tradiciones y los contextos. Todos los artículos historizan, buscan las raíces del presente en el pasado y complejizan sosteniendo la tensión de las condiciones objetivas de vida, la constitución de subjetividad y la construcción
de identidades.
Los lectores de diferentes grupos etáreos podrán hallarse en los textos,
sentirse analizados en su participación en lo social de los últimos dos años
como en los trabajos sobre cómo crecen los chicos de José León Suárez de
Ada Freytes Frei (eje Condiciones de Vida), o el de Malvina Silba sobre la
experiencia de las bailantas leída desde el género (eje Género y sexualidades).
O situaciones de hace más de una década en aquellas luchas por la
defensa de la educación pública en el Comahue como muestra el trabajo de
Federico Aringoli y Alfredo Jaramillo (Eje Acción, participación, opciones
y estrategias política). Más atrás en el tiempo debemos datar las primeras
irrupciones contraculturales de lo juvenil en el país reflejado en la revista
de época que analiza Ricardo Terriles (Eje Historia de las juventudes).
La distribución geográfica de los trabajos de investigación visibiliza
producciones de centros de investigación de distintas provincias, como San
Luis a través del trabajo de Leticia Marín y María Julieta Gómez (Eje Trabajo),
pero sigue existiendo una preeminencia de trabajos de la Región
Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (incluyendo en esto a la ciudad de La Plata),
como el de Valeria Chorny en su análisis de la práctica del tango (Eje
Prácticas culturales, estilos, consumos y estéticas).
Existe también una diversidad de perspectivas teóricas y metodológicas
utilizadas para analizar lo juvenil, así como se han seleccionado distintos
espacios sociales para ver su emergencia en tanto construcción relacional.
Por ejemplo se podrá leer un análisis sobre el vínculo con la televisión en
tanto propuesta de educación y entretenimiento en el trabajo de Hugo Lewin
(Eje Comunicación y tecnologías), o el cruce de la mirada de las instituciones
educativas sobre las y los jóvenes estudiado por Gustavo Efrón (Eje
Educación), el estudio de un centro de atención para chicos en situación de
calle investigado por María Florencia Gentile (Eje Políticas Públicas), y la
inserción y trayectoria en movimientos sociales descriptos por Claudia
Bracchi, Marcelo Vazelle, María Inés Gabbai y Agustina Quiroga (Eje Trayectorias
sociales), que también se trata en el análisis comparativo desarrollado
por Leticia Fernández Berdaguer (Eje Abordajes teóricometodológicos).
El eje Salud fue previsto en la organización y se transformó en un panel
durante la Reunión coordinado por Ariel Adaszko y Pablo Francisco Di
Leo.
En la realización de la 1° RENIJ y en el libro que esta Introducción
presenta, pueden verse algunos de los frutos que ha dado la apuesta por el
trabajo en red, sostenido en la creencia que las producciones de conocimiento
se realizan más plenamente cuando se distribuyen, se conocen y
pueden ser apropiadas y discutidas por múltiples actores. Cuando la intención
es avanzar, contar la historia de la construcción del campo de estudios
y construir un estado del arte de las investigaciones en juventudes en Argentina es un piso establecido para sembrar nuevas preguntas. Esta ha sido
la intencionalidad de la obra que invitamos a compartir.

Abstract: This response to Being Catholic in the Contemporary Philippines proceeds in three parts. Part 1 summarizes the contents of Cornelio’s book, which complicates popular assumptions and academic literature on contemporary Catholicism and, more specifically, religiosity among a segment of Filipino youths. Part 2 explores the book’s strengths, particularly how it provides a deeper understanding of contemporary Catholicism, religious identity, and the status of religious institutions among youth believers in the urban Philippines. Part 3 is a discussion of some of the book’s weaknesses, such as methodological limitations, problems with homogenization and generalization, and the need for a more critical appraisal of notions such as “the youth,” “religion,” “creative Catholics,” “isolated generation,” and “emotions.” I also discuss in the third part how insights from the anthropology of Islam and of Muslim youths, and my ethnography in the Cotabato region, can converse with Cornelio’s work and complicate “youth,” “religion,” creativity in/and religiosity, and youths’ political subjectivities.

India is a country of youths. These youth are so involved with their virtual life that the boundary between real and reel has become quite thin. They share all their emotions of love and hate, aggression and violence over these social media platforms. These youngsters regularly find themselves in a violent virtual space that has negatively influenced their daily real life. This paper tries to understand young people’s attitudes and behaviour over social media platforms and attempts to explain the social media as an uncontrolled and violent platform for the youths. Structured questionnaire survey method has been used to understand the behaviour of the youths. It has been found that cyberbullying has become a very negative part of the social media life of these youngsters. The real life street violence has transformed into cyber-crime and cyber bullying. Youngsters, who have been victimise earlier, are also actively participating in the social media violence. Proper education and awareness need to be encouraged in the schools and colleges.

A BIBLICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ROLES OF THE FAMILY AND THE CHURCH REGARDING FAITH IMPARTATION


Dr. Jeffrey A Klick
Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary
Chair: Dr. Max O. Sturdivant, Jr.

Keywords: Family, Marriage, Parental Responsibility, Age-Segregated, Age-Integrated


    Studies show that multitudes of young people raised in Christian homes are fleeing the Evangelical Church in record numbers as they leave High School. In this research, the Scripture is examined in detail specifically searching for examples and commands concerning the role of parents, children, and the Church regarding the impartation of faith to the next generation.     
    An evaluation of the individual roles of each family member is made, and the impact of a godly marriage is also considered. In addition, a brief foray is made into the problems associated with the non-traditional homes that plagues our nation through the rampant rise of divorce and single family homes.
    The specific commands in Scripture directed towards each family member are considered, and it is discovered that there are virtually no direct commands given to the organized religious community regarding faith impartation into the next generation. The Biblical commands that exist typically address each person on how to fulfill their role as a parent, spouse or child, but little specific instruction is given as to the organized Church's responsibility.
    The conclusions of this research show that the Scripture is a family-centric Book that has a great deal to say to and about the family, but very little regarding the organized religious community's role in the faith transference process. There is room within the realm of preference and necessity for a variety of church models; however, there is little in the Scripture directly pertaining to their usage.
      While many church models are experiencing a huge exodus of young people rejecting their parent’s faith as they leave High School, one group in particular  stands in startling contrast regarding the ratio of faith adoption. Studies show up to 92% of home school children retaining their parents faith as they enter college and beyond. The family-integrated church model is primarily populated with home educated young people, so it is examined in some detail.
    The underlying philosophical differences are compared between the two models, primarily focusing on the role of the pastor and the parents. In the traditional age-segregated model, the pastor or staff is often the initiator of ministry and families are encouraged to join the pastor or staff in outreach or service. In the family-integrated model, the pastor encourages the parents to be the initiators of outreach and ministry, as each family is ready or able to serve.

The call for sectors to work collaboratively to provide integrated services is not new or unique to New Labour; but a combination of previous political approaches assumed to be more inclusive. The rhetoric of partnership is seen as essential to locate solutions to complex problems, with policies focusing on the socially disadvantaged. It could be argued that this thrust of partnership activity in different arenas and contexts highlights the terms’ ambiguity and despite the increased political interest, partnership remains ‘fuzzy’. It is described as the ‘indefinable in pursuit of the unachievable’ and despite the optimism of official documents there is an array of issues including the definition of partnership itself.

Öz
Kürt kadınlarının, modernleşmenin/demokratikleşmenin bir tezahürü olarak gösterilmesi hem
aile, hem din/dindarlık hem de çocuk yetiştirilme tarzına uygun bir sosyolojik yapıyı
barındırmaz. Çünkü Kürtlerin kadim tarihinden beri İslamiyet ile olan alakaları bilinmesi ile
Kürt annelerinin başlarının örtülü olmasına ve hemen her evde bir Kur’an-ı Kerim bulunmasına
rağmen şu an tarih tersinden işletilmektedir. Farklı sosyalist ve seküler merkezlerden alınan
komutlarla kadınların siyasileştirilmesi şimdi olmasa dahi ileriki dönemlerde olumludan çok
olumsuz bir etki yaratacak gibidir. Din anlamında yaşanan dezenformasyonun Kürt gençliği –
(YDG-H gençliği bunun en bariz örneğidir)- üzerinde yaratacağı tahribatlar ise Kürt siyaseti ve
ülkemiz açısından da önlenemeyecek aşamalara gelebilir. İşte bu makale de bizim üzerinde
duracağımız konu Kürt kadınlarının siyasileştirilmesi ve bu siyasileştirmenin Kürt ailesine ve
de dindarlığa verdiği tahribat ve Kürt aile geleneğinin geleceği konusunda duyduğumuz
endişeyi dile getirmek amacı taşıyacaktır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Annelik, Aile, Kürt Siyaseti, Çocuk, Sekülerleşme.


Abstract
Kurdish women as a manifestation of modernization/democratization, does not have a
sociological structure that is suitable for family, religion/religiosity and child-rearing style.
Because; despite the fact that the Kurds have been familiar with Islam since immemorial times
and that, the heads of Kurdish mothers have been covered and a Qur'an has been found in
almost every house, the history is now reversed. The politicization of women with the
commands taken from different socialist and secular centers is likely to have very negative
impact on future periods, even if not today. The destructive effects of the disinformation
regarding religion on the Kurdish youth (YDG-H youth is the most obvious example of this)
(YDG-H: Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement Turkish: Yurtsever Devrimci Gençlik Hareketi) may
come at a stage that cannot be prevented for Kurdish politics and our country. Moreover, in this
article, we will aim to express our concerns about the politicization of Kurdish women, its
destruction of the Kurdish family structure and religiosity, and the future of the Kurdish family
tradition.
Keywords: Maternity, Family, Kurdish Politics, Secularization, Child.
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This research is very significant because youths are the future of every organization especially the Church. Many, if not all church denominations in Nigeria have been affected by the change in the lifestyles of their youths. The researcher aims at digging the root cause, the effect and the appropriate way of solving the worldly lifestyles affecting our youth so that organizations, parents and youth will benefit from the research findings.

تستعرض المقال  ملامح الاهتمام الرئاسي في مصر بفئة الشباب، وأبرز المبادرات التي تبنتها أجهزة الدولة، وأفرزها المناخ العام المصاحب لها، مع محاولة تقييم مدى فعاليتها، وتقديم مقترحات بشأن الآليات، والخطوات اللازمة في الفترة القادمة لتفعيل تلك الجهود، والحد من أوجه القصور. وهى تصل إلى نتيجة أن الفترة التالية لثورة 30 يونيو 2013 قد شهدت عدة مؤشرات دالة على ازدياد دمج الشباب في الحياة العامة، وعلى اهتمام نظام الرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسي بالشباب ليس بوصفهم فقط أداة لتعزيز شرعية نظام الحكم، وحمايته من أية اضطرابات أو هزات سياسية كما كانت تنظر النظم السابقة بل لكونهم أحد أهم الموارد التي يمكن أن تحقق التنمية المنشودة. إلا أن تلك المؤشرات الجادة لم تخل من تداعيات غير مقصودة تتطلب المزيد من تنسيق الجهود لدعم التوجه العام نحو دمج الشباب في الحركة الكلية للمجتمع.

This project offers preliminary insights into WHAT children WANT from the BBC's NEWS PROVISION 3 1. Executive summary his report is the culmination of twelve months of collaborative research between four academic researchers in four universities (Bournemouth, Cardiff, Ulster and Nottingham) and two project partners at the BBC, Roy Milani, former Editor of Newsround and Louise Wass, former Commissioning Editor of BBC Jam. It represents one of the most sustained pieces of collaborative academic-producer based research on children's relationship to the news, with a particular focus on the BBC's flagship news programme, Newsround. This innovative pilot project employed three different methodologies: ! Video diaries of over 200 children between the ages of 8 and 15 in Bournemouth, Cardiff, Glasgow and Coleraine ! Over 200 questionnaires detailing children's news consumption habits about the place and importance of news in their lives, and the extent and nature of Newsround's interactive relationship with its audiences ! Classroom based activities offering children the opportunity to comment on the Newsround television bulletin, website and to offer a pitch for a story on either platform The research was made possible due to the cooperation of our contact schools and to the open and generous access we were granted to interview BBC personnel involved in factual programming for children at all levels within the Corporation. These interviews were an important opportunity for the research team to ensure that both academic and BBC interests were addressed. The field research with children took place in four geographical areas of the UK: England (Bournemouth); Wales (Cardiff); Scotland (Glasgow), and Northern Ireland

Dina Krauskopf Roger es profesora emérita de la Universidad de Costa Rica, ha sido académica invitada en varias universidades de la región, y es experta en adolescencia y juventud en Latinoamericana. A partir de esta extensa trayectoria, se invitó a la profesora Krauskopf a conversar sobre las distintas problemáticas que afectan a las juventudes en la
actualidad. Entre estos temas, se abordaron elementos como la participación juvenil, los movimientos sociales y el neoliberalismo, y las distintas aproximaciones conceptuales para hablar de ellos.

The purpose of this article is to describe the effect of age on the use and impact of social networks in the Dominican youth. The data was gathered through an online survey from a sample of 435 subjects. The questionnaire was built after a qualitative phase with four focus groups. The research included as independent variables Socioeconomic status, Sex and Age, but here we only reported the results related to differences among the considered groups of age: 11-15, 16-20, 21-25 and 26 to 35 years.The group from 11 to 15 years showed a more positive attitude to social networks, as well as more vulnerability, than the older users. Although the majority of the users said social networks increase acquaintances, but no close friends, limits physical socialization, cause addiction and social isolation, the youngest ones said that the networks help us to know us better and to approach others.

يعرض المقال لوضع الشباب على أجندة المنظمات الدولية والإقليمية والمجتمع المدني العالمي، في ظل احتلالهم موقع القمة في الهرم السكاني، والدور المتزايد لهم في الحفاظ على الأمن والسلم الدوليين، واهتمام المنظمات الدولية والإقليمية بسياسات ادماجهم في استراتيجياتها وهياكلها التنظيمية، ويخلص إلى أهمية طرح الأمم المتحدة لاتفاقية دولية تنظم حقوق الشباب أسوة بالوضع القائم للمرأة والطفل والمعاقين، وأن يتوازى معها تقييم دور الهياكل العالمية المعنية بقضايا الشباب، وتطوير الإطار التنظيمي المعني بالشباب في المنظمات الإقليمية.

'Enterprise' has increasingly become part of the United Kingdom's political grammar and efforts to develop entrepreneurial traits and activities in young people have been a key strand of this policy focus. As the 2008 economic recession saw a curtailed youth labour market, enterprise emerged as an appealing policy 'solution' to youth unemployment. Traditional measures of enterprise chart the numbers of new businesses and their survival rates. This article argues these measures tell us little about new business owners: who they are, their motivations, experiences or, own definitions of success. Further, and crucially, such measures ignore the structural constraints surrounding enterprise and the range of social factors that may determine the extent of ambition, and willingness or capacity to take risks. This article argues that although gender and life stage were contributing factors, the young people's structurally disadvantaged positions emerge as the most significant feature of why the move into self-employment did not tend to increase their economic stability as promised. This provides an important insight into the real-life experiences of young people who are engaging in enterprise activities in the contemporary economic context, as well as the role of third sector organisations in overseeing the transition from education to work.

Purpose:  The purpose of this study is to examine the communication and problem solving skills of the program supervisors who responsible for youth camps run by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in terms of several variables. Material and Method:  The study group consisted of 103 participants 45 of whom were female and 58 of whom were male and who were in charge of the youth camps run by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2015-2016 period. The “Communication Skills Evaluation Scale (CSES)” was made use of in determining the communication skills of the people who were in charge of youth camps; and the “Problem Solving Inventory (PSI)” was made use of in determining the problem solving skills. The Findings:  It was determined upon the analyses that there were no significant differences between the groups in the communication and problem solving skills of the people responsible for running the program in terms of gender, age, marital status, educational status and in-service training v...

Nous nous intéressons ici à la question des insultes et des joutes verbales chez les jeunes en âge d’être scolarisés, en nous appuyant sur des entretiens et des observations effectués auprès de médiateurs urbains. Nous mettons en regard les pratiques langagières des médiateurs et leurs déclarations sur ces questions, notamment en ce qui concerne la définition, à l’intérieur ou à l’extérieur des groupes de pairs, des mots qui sont affectueux et de ceux qui font mal.

In France, the justice system for minors, since the government edict of 2nd February 1945, has been distinguished officially from others by the importance attached to applying an " educative " rather than " repressive " approach. This explicit stance on the part of the political and judicial authorities is reflected in the development of institutions whose policy is one of " educational " supervision. But what does this educational work consist of? In a context marked by the increasing bureaucratization of socio-judicial work, how do officials assess the impact and effectiveness of the policy? Using the results of an ethnography conducted in an open custody unit of the Youth Judicial Protection Service (Protection Judi-ciaire de la Jeunesse) and a children's court in the Paris region, this study shows that professionals attach particular importance to bringing about a change in attitude towards self and others. The understanding is that " successful support " of delinquent minors will encourage them to express a sense of responsibility and guilt for their behaviour, two feelings invested with redemptive, healing abilities. Expression of such sentiments, which are at the heart of the moral economy of juvenile delinquency, is understood to attest to a subjective transformation , which becomes the ultimate justification for the work done with these delinquents as well as a condition for their pardon. The importance attached to eliciting expressions of a sense of responsibility and guilt thus contributes to disciplining sentiments, where the aim is no longer to correct behaviour but persons.

Questo contributo presenta alcuni risultati di un’indagine svolta con ragazze e ragazzi figli di immigrati e autoctoni in un quartiere periferico di una città italiana. All’interno della ricerca, ai tradizionali metodi etnografici, sono affiancati alcuni metodi visuali e partecipativi (PMV) quali i “video tour” o “video walkabout”, adattati al contesto e ai partecipanti. Presentando gli strumenti utilizzati, l’autrice riflette sul valore aggiunto offerto dai dati visuali per comprendere il modo in cui i giovani vivono e presentano il contesto sociale, materiale e immateriale che li circonda. L’attenzione si concentra, inoltre, su come i risultati emersi siano diversi rispetto al genere e su come i PMV possano enfatizzare le posizioni dei più giovani come attori sociali attivi, che giocano un ruolo essenziale nel modellare il mondo che li circonda.

metodi visuali e collaborativi, youth studies, video walkabout, multiculturalismo quotidiano, video tours, urban studies

Öz: Sosyal medya gündelik hayatın her karesinde bir biçimde varlık gösteren, birey ve toplum ilişkilerini her yönüyle değişim ve dönüşüme uğratan bir olgudur. Yapısal formu gereği daha çok bireysel kullanıma olanak tanıyan sosyal medyanın diğer bir yönüyle bireyleri birbirine bağlayan bir ağ örgüsü üzerinden gelişmesi, onu bütünüyle toplumsal kılmaktadır. Bu bakımdan toplumsal yapıyı var eden en önemli dinamiklerden biri olarak gençliğin, sosyal medya ile olan ilişkisinin anlaşılması çabası son derece önem kazanmaktadır. Söz konusu bu çabaya toplumsal yapının farklı birçok unsurunun toplamı olarak tanımlanabilecek 'toplumsal derinlik' kavramı etrafında bir okuma çabası geliştirilmelidir. Toplumsal derinlikten anlaşılması gereken geçmişin insanlık biriki-mini yok saymayan ama anakronizme de düşmeyen, bugünü anlayan, kavrayan ve irade gösterebilen bir aklın inşa faaliyetidir. Ve bu aklın toplumsal yapının bütün unsurlarına ve bütün hücrelerine işlenebilmesidir. Başka bir ifadeyle sağlıklı bir bedenin uyum ve ahengi için gerekli olan akıl ve iradedir. Bu yönüyle gençliğin sosyal medya kullanımını toplumsal derinlik kavramı etrafında kuramsal olarak ele alan çalışmamız, toplumsal derinliği var eden temel akıl etrafında, gençliğin sosyal medya ile olan ilişkisini anlama ve kavramaya odaklanmaktadır.
Abstract: Social media showing itself in every aspect of daily life and changing and transforming individuals and society relations at all points. Due to the structural form, social media mainly allows individual use; but on the other hand, its development through a network connecting individuals makes it entirely social. In this respect, understanding the relationship between social media and youth, as one of dozens of elements that comprise the social structure and as one of the most important dynamics, is becoming extremely important. Meanwhile, an effort should be developed around the concept of 'social depth' which can be defined as the sum of many different elements of the social structure. What should be understood from social depth is construction of a mind that does not ignore the humanity accumulation of history but not fall into anachronism, seize and apprehend today and show will. And ability to penetrate this mind into all the elements and cells of social structure. In other words, what is necessary for harmony of a healthy body is mind and will. In this aspect, our study, which discusses theoretically social media usage of youth around the concept of social depth, focuses on understanding and apprehending the relationship of youth with social media around fundamental mind creating social depth.

Empowering and enabling youth to play an active role in policy-decision making processes is considered critical for democratic governance in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). One of four people in LAC is young (under 30 years of age), and yet they have low levels of representation in national bodies, and far less in local levels. Moreover, today’s youth in LAC are relatively better educated and more urbanized than previous generations. As such, they have the potential to be a creative force and a dynamic source of innovation. Yet, emerging evidence shows young people are often excluded and/or exclude themselves from policy processes. Similarly, they have low levels of trust in the formal democratic institutions. This limits potential political support for democratic governance systems, curtails their enthusiasm for participation in policy-making processes and adversely affects their levels of tolerance for transparent government and for constructive policy dialogue. In this paper, we use evidence from twelve social audit workshops, conducted from 2011-2015, in which nearly 300 young leaders from 20 countries in LAC engaged in capacity building and policy dialogue. Social audit was used as a tool to empower youth, promote their participation in policy-making processes, and to analyze the degree of transparency and accountability of public policies. The workshop methodology offered several means for observation and interaction with youth (surveys, case studies, and policy discussions). The authors will systematically analyze the barriers and enabling factors for empowerment and policy participation highlighted by young leaders, and explore useful lessons and recommendations.

Keywords: Social Audit. Youth Participation. Democratic governance. Youth policy. Capacity building.

Building upon the understanding that concept of youth is socially constructed and negotiated, and with the recognition of youth’s inherent bipolarity and sociological paradigms; this article aims at identifying the types of political agenda that drive young population particularly in Southeast Asia. It describes factors that shape the social construction of youth in this region, and explores channels of influence under various youth development programs of the global North that construct the nature of youth agenda in many countries. It attempts to identify the degree of influence by particular political actors promoting development cooperation and initiatives in regulating and empowering young population. Looking especially at those exporting the Western ideologies; in the name of youth, proclaiming universal values and modernity in the form of the liberal global order and globalization. It argues further that the positive stereotypes of youth have entered the political and policy discourse of Southeast Asia under a variety of youth agenda embedded in the development programs. One of the important political projects and visions is the movement to develop and expand national youth policies. It concludes that the on-going efforts for the creation of national youth laws and related institutional infrastructure are premised on governments’ agenda to dictate youth by controlling their life course trajectories and experiences. Two ultimate purposes of expanding the significance of youth in this era and regulating the degree of their involvement in policymaking process are to maintain regimes’ stability and to serve dominant interests pursuing the neoliberal version of society.