From Periphery to Center: Pathways for Youth Civic Engagement in the Day-To-Day Life of Communities

Camino, Linda A.; Zeldin, Shepherd

doi:10.1207/s1532480xads0604_8

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“…The first is that Y-AP is difficult to implement with quality. Many adults do not have the skill or inclination to share decision making authority with youth and rarely are societal norms and institutions designed to support Y-AP (Camino and Zeldin 2002;Strobel et al 2008). The second challenge is one of conceptualization and measurement.…”

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Conceptualizing and Measuring Youth–Adult Partnership in Community Programs: A Cross National Study

Zeldin

Krauss

Collura

et al. 2014

American J of Comm Psychol

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Youth participation in program and community decision making is framed by scholars as an issue of social justice, a platform for positive youth development and effective citizenry, and a strategy for nation building. Recent literature reviews have consistently identified youth-adult partnership (Y-AP) as an effective type of youth participation across highly diverse contexts. These same reviews, however, note that indicators of Y-AP have not been conceptualized and validated for measurement purposes. The present study addresses this limitation by developing a brief measure of Y-AP that is explicitly grounded in current theory, research, and community practice. The measure was administered to youth in the United States, Malaysia, and Portugal (N = 610). Validation was assessed through factor analysis and tests of factorial, discriminant, and concurrent validity. Results confirmed the two predicted dimensions of the Y-AP measure: youth voice in decision making and supportive adult relationships. These two dimensions were also found to be distinct from other measures of program quality: safety and engagement. As predicted, they also significantly correlated with measures of agency and empowerment. It is concluded that the measure has the potential to support community efforts to maximize the quality of youth programs.

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Conceptualizing and Measuring Youth–Adult Partnership in Community Programs: A Cross National Study

Zeldin

Krauss

Collura

et al. 2014

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…They argue that instead of focusing on what White students know and can do that African American and Latina/o students cannot, educators should concentrate on the knowledge and skills that these youth possess (Camino & Zeldin, 2002;Lerner, Dowling & Anderson, 2003). Indeed, students from marginalized communities often have sets of skills, knowledge, and experiences that students from more privileged backgrounds do not have (Levinson, 2010).…”

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Diverging Paths: Understanding Racial Differences in Civic Engagement Among White, African American, and Latina/o Adolescents Using Structural Equation Modeling

Littenberg-Tobias¹,

Cohen

2016

American J of Comm Psychol

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There is increasing concern about the large civic engagement gap between Whites and Latina/o and African American youth. Some suggest this may be because traditional models and measures of civic engagement may not be as applicable for youth from historically marginalized groups. With an urban sample of middle and high school-age youth (n = 903, 52% female), we used structural equation modeling to identify differences in civic pathways between youth from different racial/ ethnic backgrounds. We found significant differences between groups including much stronger relationships between exposure to democratic practices and civic selfefficacy and knowledge for African American and Latina/o youth than for White youth and a stronger relationship between civic knowledge and future civic engagement for Whites and Latina/os than for African Americans. These findings suggest that educators and researchers interested need to take into account the diversity of youths' racial experiences when examining youth civic development.

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“…From a legal standpoint, adults predominantly hold the right of decision-making in Western societies (Veerman, 1992, p. 17). Still, the focus on decision-making in a community context situates authority in what must become a multigenerational space for participation (Camino & Zeldin, 2002)1. Thus, young people quickly learn participation is likely a charade, making suspect any future opportunities to participate (Matthews & Limb, 2003).…”

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“…The literatures that frame participation in these terms have been concerned with youth participation as an indicator of the degree to which a political system is humane or democratic (Bessant, 2004;Camino & Zeldin, 2002;Hart, 1992;2003), as a gauge of efficacy between social and political organization in a society and its relative stability (Bennett 2008;Fleming, 2013;Smith et al, 2005), and as a means for organizing for social change (Camino & Zeldin, 2002;Ginwright et al, 2006;Kirshner, 2015).…”

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Contingent authority and youth influence: When youth councils can wield influence in public institutions

Booker

2017

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From Periphery to Center: Pathways for Youth Civic Engagement in the Day-To-Day Life of Communities

Cited by 253 publications

References 16 publications

Conceptualizing and Measuring Youth–Adult Partnership in Community Programs: A Cross National Study

Conceptualizing and Measuring Youth–Adult Partnership in Community Programs: A Cross National Study

Diverging Paths: Understanding Racial Differences in Civic Engagement Among White, African American, and Latina/o Adolescents Using Structural Equation Modeling

Contingent authority and youth influence: When youth councils can wield influence in public institutions

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