Overview
- 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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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.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Positioning Youth as Social Innovators on the Global Stage
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Case Studies of Youth-Driven Innovation for Social Change
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Back Matter
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
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