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Course Content
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Beginning with the recognition that engaging young people in a constructive
manner constitutes a development imperative, we will analyze the role of
youth as significant actors in international and local community development
as well as key players in civil society and peace-building. Topics to be
discussed include the social role and value placed on youth, young people’s
education and health, their involvement in labor and contribution to livelihood
strategies, environmental issues, the situation of young people living in
especially difficult circumstances, and youth’s engagement in peacebuilding,
social and economic justice and community organizing. We will also consider how youth’s potential for participation in development processes may be
undermined by poverty, inadequate access to education and health facilities,
exploitation, violence, insecurity, displacement, and assumptions regarding
youth capacity. Attention will be paid to the ways in which youth’s
involvement in the process of international development is shaped by
globalization and growing international inequality, as well as more local
conditions and cultural practices.
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