Turning Youth Voice into Sustainable Public Policy

The Promise of Urban Democracy
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4535-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 133 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 310 g

Challenging traditional narratives on youth engagement, this book examines how democracy can be reimagined as grassroots engagement with local policy makers between elections.

The book explores a unique blend of under-researched themes including the everyday politics of young people, the interface between civic authorities and young citizens in policy making and the promise of urban democracy. Offering a rare policy-based and youth-centred approach to young people and democratic participation, this book recasts the existing democratic deficit as a failure in public policy and calls for researchers and policy makers to focus on how to amplify young people’s voices in a more inclusive and meaningful way, to turn youth voice into sustainable public policy. The civic mentoring model developed with young Londoners offers practical steps for making this happen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sloam, James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. The Failure of Public Policy and the Value of Cooperative Governance

2. Transformation of Youth Political Participation

3. Everyday Politics and the Promise of Urban Democracy

4. The Everyday Politics of Young Londoners

5. A Civic Mentoring Approach to Youth Empowerment

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Sloam, James
James Sloam is Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London, UK.