… How are contemporary youth faring as political beings and future citizens? Are … civic
participation as adults? This section discusses youth’s attitudes and involvement in political and civic …

… that knowledge to civic engagement. Only then can we make informed (and normative)
decisions about appropriate standards of civic education and civic engagement for our youth and …

… We define youth civic engagement in terms of diverse democracy. … Youth civic engagement
assumes that young people are competent citizens and community builders rather than …

… The study of youth civic engagement falls within the larger field of political socialization.
Early socialization research focused on elementary school children, rather than teenagers (…

Our chapter has several goals: first, to discuss the context for and meaning of citizenship for
youth in developing countries and the particular challenges for young people and for their …

… in forms of youth civic engagement that take place within the youth sector involving … of youth
civic engagement activity and how it differs from other areas of youth development. A useful …

… of youth civic engagement. The resulting ‘diagnosis’ for youth worldwide, when compared
to previous generations, is that they exhibit growing apathy, a loss of interest in civic and …

… The Civic Disengagement of America’s Youth While the decline in civic engagement over the
… Put simply, America’s youth appear to be disconnecting from public life, and doing so at a …

… of critical masses of youth and adults willing to … of youth civic engagement for youth and
societies and the nature and role of contemporary social impediments to youth civic engagement …

… youth can play an authentic role (Lewis-Charp et al., 2003). If our aim is to promote youth
engagement in civic … well-being, we must do more to better facilitate full participation by youth. …