Description
Book SynopsisThe existential exclusion of youths from the mainframe of the current global order is an increasingly pressing issue. Research to date has proven youths struggle to survive and be relevant within current systemic and institutional arrangements, resulting in a major existential and generational problem. The second of two volumes filling a gap in the literature in understanding and responding to this grand challenge, this edited collection focuses particularly on the impact and complex consequences of migration, youth experiences and the functioning of digital spaces, and the shaping of youth identity through exposure to both.
Addressing youth issues from around the world, Youth Exclusion and Empowerment in the Contemporary Global Order engages with practical, pragmatic, intellectual and policy perspectives. Delving into the lived experiences of young people in many countries, the chapters bring together a rich collection of research from diverse methodologies. Revealing how young people appear trapped, strategically excluded, and helplessly frustrated by the supposedly supportive institutional frameworks of society, the authors tackle this question: how can young people become empowered and socially active in this context?
The original materials, literature and data collated across both volumes of Youth Exclusion and Empowerment in the Contemporary Global Order, addressing policy and practice issues for youth, present a cutting edge and innovative major contribution to the field of global youth studies.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Oláyínká Àkànle
Chapter 1. Youths in Global Context: The Anatomy of Exclusion and Processes; Oláyínká Àkànle, Ewajesu Opeyemi Okewumi, and Demilade Ifeoluwa Kayode
Chapter 2. Youth and Desperate Migration: A Historical and Cultural Perspective; Terngu S. Nomishan
Chapter 3. Youth Digital Exclusion, Big Data Divide and the Future of Work; Damilola Adegoke
Chapter 4. Re-imagining Violence Against Africa's Youth Within the Framework of the 2008 Hunger Riots; Christophe Dongmo
Chapter 5. Rural Youth Migration and Development in Zimbabwe; Tatenda Goodman Nhapi
Chapter 6. All-Purpose Medicine: An Autoethnographic Reflection on Urban Market Solidarity and Dangerous Self-integrative Medication in Child and Adolescent Care in Nigeria; Mofeyisara Oluwatoyin Omobowale and Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale
Chapter 7. Us and Them and After All – Cosmopolitanism in Identity-Making and Integration of Muslim Migrant Youth; Shreya Bhardwaj
Chapter 8. Youth Migration After the Arab Spring: Single Women Migrants as Agents of Change; Amani El Naggare
Chapter 9. Youthful Sexuality and Human Rights in the Era of Social Media in Nigeria: Emerging Themes and Insights; Kafayat Aminu and Jimoh Amzat
Chapter 10. Youth Exclusion and Empowerment in China and the United States of America; Oláyínká Àkànle and Damola Toyosi Olaniyi
Conclusion; Oláyínká Àkànle
