Public Policy: Encouraging Adult Voluntarism with Young People

2006 ◽  
pp. 195-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constance A. Flanagan ◽  
Nicole S. Webster ◽  
Daniel F. Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Young People

A Challenging Future: Current Barriers and Recommended Action for Our Field

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Webber ◽  
Brenda Scheuermann
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Educational Programming ◽  
Recommendations For Action ◽  
Recommended Action

More children and youth are developing emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) while services are dwindling. Social factors, unsympathetic public policy, and ineffective educational programming are formidable barriers for those of us who care about and work with these young people. However, we cannot desist in our responsibility as professionals. Through expanded expertise and ardent advocacy, we can make a difference in these regressive trends. This article presents an overview of current forces impinging on the field of EBD and offers some recommendations for action.

Public policy to support young farmers in Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Faysse ◽  
Kassirin Phiboon ◽  
Titouan Filloux
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
National Development ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Rapid Decrease ◽  
Policy Tools ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Industrialised Countries

In newly industrialised countries in Asia, programmes to support the establishment of young farmers are still emerging. This in particularly true in Thailand, despite the declared importance of supporting young farmers in national development strategies. The aim of the present study was to analyse policy tools to help young people start farming in Thailand. First, we reviewed existing policy tools in Thailand and in other countries. Based on this review, a series of workshops were held with young rural people and young farmers in Thailand to assess the most promising policy tools. During the workshops, participants discussed a set of 22 policy tools designed to support access to land, capital and markets, capacity-building and making farming a more attractive profession. The workshop participants thought almost all the proposed policy tools would be useful but gave priority to subsidies to start farming and to secure land leases. Reversing the current, very rapid decrease in the number of young farmers in Thailand will require ambitious programmes, which could not only focus on helping young people who are already interested in farming but also appeal to a broader public by making farming more attractive.

Using Individual Differences to Segment the “Market” for an Attribution-Based Substance Abuse Intervention Program

1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall L. Rose ◽  
William O. Bearden ◽  
Kenneth C. Manning
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Substance Abuse Intervention ◽  
Marijuana Consumption

Prior research has shown that young people are more likely to say no to a peer group's drug or alcohol consumption when they also ask why. That is, being able to explain peer substance abuse, especially in terms of normative motives, has been associated with reduced conformity. The authors show that individual differences based on prior attitudes toward illicit consumption and susceptibility to social influence are useful for segmenting young people to better target and design effective intervention strategies. Results from Studies 1 and 2 indicate that prior attitude toward marijuana consumption and reported marijuana usage affect the explanations made to account for a peer group's substance abuse. In Study 2, the association between normative explanations for peer marijuana use and intentions to smoke marijuana is shown to depend on susceptibility to social influence. The implications of these findings for future research and for public policy are also discussed.

O Atendimento Socioeducativo à Luz da Educação Social e da Socioeducação

2018 ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
William Vinicius Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Young People ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Social Knowledge ◽  
Guarantee System ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Politica Publica ◽  
The Media ◽  
Social Vulnerabilities

Este estudo é um compilado de informações, que possibilitam ao leitor ter uma breve compreensão do Sistema de Garantia de Direitos, dando destaque ao atendimento prestado aos adolescentes e ou jovens, que foram expostos a riscos ou vulnerabilidades sociais, especificamente, os casos em que esses se encontram envolvidos com o meio ilícito ou prática de ato infracional. Desta forma, pesquisar sobre o referido tema que é de conhecimento social, sem dúvida alguma, gera diversos avanços para o meio acadêmico, bem como promove a disseminação de conhecimento, corroborando assim com a desmistificação que percorre pelo senso comum, quando o assunto é adolescente em conflito com a lei. Concernente ao método, foi utilizada a revisão bibliográfica integrativa, por meio da análise e compilação dos artigos publicizados nas bases de dados indexadoras, especificamente, Lilacs, PePSIC, BVS, Medline Bireme e Scielo, facilitando a obtenção de dados que após analisados, certamente, podem servir de ferramenta para que os leitores entrem em contato com esse contexto social, que tanto tem sido destaque na mídia, além de contribuir para o aprimoramento do atendimento e da política pública designada para tal segmento.Palavras-chave: Ato Infracional. Adolescência. Sistema de Garantia de Direitos. Políticas Públicas. Medida Socioeducativa.AbstractThis present study is compiled from information that enables the reader to have a brief understanding of the Rights Guarantee System, highlighting the care provided to adolescents and, or young people who were exposed to risks, or social vulnerabilities, specifically, cases that are involved with illicit means and, or practice of an infraction. Thus, research on that topic that is of social knowledge undoubtedly generates several advances to the academia and promotes the knowledge disseminatio, thus corroborating to the demystification that runs by common sense when it comes to adolescent offender. Concerning the method, the integrative literature review was used, through the analysis and compilation of the publicized articles in indexing databases, making it easier to obtain data after analysis which can certainly serve as a tool for readers to contact this social context that both have been featured in the media, as well as contribute to the improvement of care and public policy assigned to this segment.Keywords: Infraction. Teenager. Rights Guarantee System. Public Policy. Socioeducative Measure.

scholarly journals Juventude(s) negra e a reprodução das desigualdades raciais no Brasil: políticas públicas de igualdade?

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Marlene Almeida De Ataide
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Racial Inequality ◽  
Black Youth ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Racial Inequalities ◽  
Racial Relations ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
Public Rights ◽  
Nature Play

O presente artigo tem como objetivo refletir criticamente acerca da categoria juventude negra que vive em condições precárias e que permanece à margem da sociedade, pois encontra dificuldades para existir como sujeitos de direitos no que se refere à inclusão no âmbito das políticas públicas consagradas de direitos, pois essas atuam de costas para esses jovens. Parte-se do pressuposto de que o racismo e as desigualdades sociais se constituem nos principais fatores que influenciam e que atingem principalmente as juventudes negras e pobres expressas a partir da segregação sócio-espacial, da discriminação racial e da vivência de pobreza. Os jovens afrodescendentes, além de vivenciarem as dificuldades tradicionais impostas socialmente, encontram barreiras adicionais devido às relações sociorraciais brasileiras. Assim, neste artigo, busca-se um espaço de reflexão, partindo do princípio de que as políticas públicas de cunho universalista têm um papel importante na redução da pobreza, porém limitado no combate à desigualdade racial. Em decorrência disso, somente com a adoção de políticas específicas é que se logrará reverter o quadro da iniquidade racial. Um dos grandes desafios que se impõe ao Estado brasileiro é de criar condições mais igualitárias para a inclusão de jovens no âmbito das políticas públicas de direitos que se destinam a eles.Palavras chave: Juventude. Juventude negra. Desigualdades raciais. Políticas públicas.Black youth(s) and the reproduction of racial inequalities in Brazil: public policies for equality? AbstractThis article aims to reflect critically about black youth category living in poor conditions and remain on the margins of society, for they find it difficult to exist as subjects of rights with regard to the inclusion in the scope of the dedicated public rights policies because they operate with his back to these young people. This is on the assumption that racism and social inequality constitute the main factors that influence and primarily affects poor black youths expressed from the socio-spatial segregation, racial discrimination and poverty of experience The young African descent as well as experience traditional difficulties imposed socially; are additional barriers due to the Brazilian socio-racial relations. So in this article, we seek a space for reflection, assuming that public policies of universal nature play an important role in reducing poverty, but limited in combating racial inequality; as a result, only with the adoption of specific policies is that it will achieve reverse the situation of racial inequality. A major challenge that requires the Brazilian government is towards creating more equal conditions for the inclusion of young people within the public policy of rights that are meant to them.Keywords: Youth. Black youth. Racial inequalities. Public policy.

scholarly journals Learning the Scripts: An exploration of the shared ways in which young Lao volunteers in Vientiane understand happiness.

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. McMellon
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Cultural Scripts ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Personal Level

The idea that development policies need to take account of factors broader than economic growth is increasingly commonplace. A focus upon happiness provides an alternative way of looking at development, but the concept of happiness is far from straightforward. This paper argues that any consideration of happiness in policy must be grounded in nuanced qualitative research that provides a rich understanding of the realities of people's lives and their multiple and often conflicting understandings of what happiness means. This paper draws on ethnographic research with young Lao volunteers with community-based organisations in Vientiane, Laos, that took place between 2010 and 2012. Drawing on Wierzbicka's (2004) concept of cultural scripts, it identifies, describes and explores three collective scripts that this specific group of young people believe about the things that make them happy: •         The way to be happy is to be a good Lao person •         I will be happy if I have the things that I need to be  comfortable and have an easy life •         I am happy when I follow my heart Despite illustrating very different understandings of happiness, these stories are woven from a common set of themes about the things that young people think make them happy. Consideration is given to the possible origins of these shared scripts. The discussion section of the paper looks at the implications of these shared scripts for understanding happiness and for the inclusion of a consideration of the concept of happiness in public policy. The paper ends with three conclusions. Firstly it suggests the importance of rich qualitative research in order to make choices about the meaningful use of well-being indicators. Secondly, in making explicit the socially constructed ways that people understand happiness, such research can also remind us of the need to interrogate the ways that happiness is considered in public policy. Thirdly, the paper suggests that such a critical approach to happiness could also be beneficial at the personal level in order for individuals to challenge and make choices about their own beliefs about happiness. 

scholarly journals Preventing youth homelessness: An international review of evidence

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlin Schwan ◽  
David French ◽  
Stephen Gaetz ◽  
Ashley Ward ◽  
Jennifer Akerman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
International Review ◽  
Youth Homelessness ◽  
International Evidence ◽  
Evidence Review ◽  
Homelessness Prevention ◽  
Supplementary Report ◽  
Careful Assessment

In June 2017, the First Minster announced that he would ask the Wales Centre for Public Policy to contribute research on youth homelessness prevention. An international evidence review, and a supplementary report mapping interventions in Wales, form this contribution. This report draws upon a careful assessment of this evidence base to develop a set of recommendations to divert young people from experiences of homelessness effectively.

The Social Pedagogy of Youth Policies in Latin America

2020 ◽  
pp. 82-95
Author(s):  
José Antonio Pérez Islas ◽  
Luis Antonio Mata Zúñiga
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Young People ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
The Social

This chapter reviews the institutional actions and discourses linked with public policies affecting young people in Latin America, highlighting three large institutions that have impacted this sector in the region: the army, the justice system, and schools, which view young people as a group at risk who must be helped. Next, the chapter discusses youth within the framework of their interactions and well-being, as part of one of the distinctive aspects of social pedagogy—placing it at the center of public policy. Finally, the chapter discusses the relevance of a dialogue between adults and young people that channels the demands, conflicts, and concerns of both in order to produce new youth policies, starting from the recognition of young people through a generational perspective that must be present in all government actions.

Modelling the Impact of Raising the Age of Participation to 18

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Dickson
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Young People ◽  
School Age ◽  
Early School Leaving ◽  
Early School ◽  
The Impact

In England, the compulsory age of participation in education or training was raised to 17 in 2013 and then 18 in 2015. In Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, the school leaving age is 16. The idea of raising the age of participation in education or training is gaining traction in the Scottish context, as well as in Wales. The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) conducted research for the Welsh Government to explore the implications of pursuing this policy in Wales. The research considered how raising the participation age (RPA) might interact with ongoing reforms to school age and post-16 provision in Wales, and explored alternative policies which concentrate on reducing early school leaving as opposed to policies that legally require young people to remain in learning for longer periods of time.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document