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Youth Civic Engagement in the Twenty‐First Century

Youniss, James, Bales, Susan, Christmas‐Best, Verona, Diversi, Marcelo, McLaughlin, Milbrey, Silbereisen, Rainer·2002·Journal of Research on Adolescence

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We enter the 21st century contending with the end of the Cold War's legacy of political uncertainty, expecting youth to play a significant part in the search for new principles that will bring about stability in the world political order. In forging the future, youth will have to collaborate with adults, but on terms more fitting of the historical circumstances that lie ahead than those of the past. This was the framework adopted by a group of social scientists who held several discussions to reflect on the issues and opportunities that bear on youth's civic engagement and development in the century that has just opened. The present article describes the results of those conversations, starting with the issue of defining civic competence, and the finding that an expansive definition is needed to match the real‐world circumstances that affect its development for youth internationally. Specific conditions, such as globalization, information – communication technology, and immigration, are emphasized as forces that affect youth and need to be taken into account by educators and policy makers. In this regard, responsibilities of schools, government, the commercial sector, and community organizations are outlined. Each is viewed as a potential constructive force for promoting engagement insofar as youth's strengths are recognized and focus is placed on building on youth's proven capacities. As always, it is youth’s task to make history in the future and society's obligation to provide youth with sufficient resources and an honest basis for hope in carrying out this task. The authors' policy recommendations are founded on this reciprocal relation that binds the youth generation with its elders in the common task of preserving, while transforming, society for the good of humanity.

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Authors: Youniss, J., Bales, S., Christmas‐Best, V., Diversi, M., McLaughlin, M., & Silbereisen, R.
Affiliations: Catholic University of America (US)
FrameWorks Institute (US)
Utah State University (US)
Stanford University (US)
ORCID: Diversi, Marcelo
Silbereisen, Rainer
Venue: Journal of Research on Adolescence
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2002-03
Volume: 12
Issue: 1
Pages: 121-148
ISSN: 1050-8392 (ISSN-L)
1532-7795
DOI: 10.1111/1532-7795.00027
OpenAlex: W2059453442
Cited by: 572
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 35 · 2014: 34 · 2013: 42 · 2012: 34
FWCI: 31.24
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 360 d)
Locations: Journal of Research on Adolescence (publishedVersion)
Funders: William T. Grant Foundation
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Youth Development and Social Support
Social Sciences › Education › Citizenship Education and Democracy
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Youth, Politics, and Society
Keywords: youth civic engagement, civic competence, youth development, globalization, information and communication technologies, immigration, citizenship education, political uncertainty, post-Cold War international order, youth policy

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