Toplumsal Gelişme ve Toplumun Güçlendirilmesi Konusunda Gençliğin Katılımı Üzerine Yeniden Düşünmek

Year 2017, Volume: 5 Issue: 12, 33 - 46, 01.01.2017

Angela S Bushati

Abstract

Gençlik katılımı toplumun gelişmesi ve vatandaşlık haklarının kullanımı bakımından önemli süreçlerdir. Bugüne kadar gençlik katılımının farklı konuları ve boyutları ile ilgili çok az çalışma yapılmıştır. Gençlik katılımı ve güçlendirilmesi kavramı üzerine değinen bu çalışma gençliğin hayatlarını etkileyecek konularda karar verme mekanizmalarına katılımının önemini tartışmaktadır. Gençlik karar verme mekanizmalarına katılabilme yetkinliğine sahiptir ve bu yetkinlik sıklıkla ebeveynler, öğretmenler ve diğer yetişkinler tarafından karar verme ve sorumluluk alma konularında yeterince yetkin olmadıkları gerekçesiyle reddedilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amaçlarından biri gençlik katılımına yönelik bu kavramsallaştırmaların gençliğin bireyselliği için nasıl hayal kırıklığı yaratıcı olduğunu göstermektir. Çalışma gençlik katılımı konusunda bazı öneriler sunmaktadır. Bunlara ek olarak, toplumsal bilinç, eğitim, genç-yetişkin ilişkisinin güçlendirilmesi kavramlarının toplumsal kılıcılığın gelişmesi ve gücün dengelenmesi için temel süreçler olduğu belirtilmektedir

Keywords

Gençlik Katılımı, Güçlendirme, Toplumsal Bilinç, Eğitim, Kılıcılık, Yetişkin/Genç Ilişkisi, Toplumun Gelişimi

Rethinking Youth Participation For Social Development and Community Strengthening

Abstract

Youth participation constitutes an essential process for promoting access to citizenship rights and particularly in terms of community development. So far, there has been little study in terms of youth participation in different matters and dimensions. Building on the notion of youth participation and empowerment, this paper tries to argue on the importance of youth involvement in the process of decision making regarding issues that affect their life. Young people are particularly capable of engaging in decision making processes, but this ability is often denied from parents, teachers, stakeholders or other adults because they often do not consider youth as being capable enough to be able to make decisions or take responsibility. One of the main objectives of this paper is to show how such conceptualizations towards youth participation can be very frustrating or detrimental towards their individuality. The paper proposes a few recommendations in regards to youth participation especially focusing on community engagement. In addition, social awareness, education and strengthening youth /adult relationships are central in the process of overcoming the imbalance of power and promoting agency

Keywords

Youth Participation, Empowerment, Social Awareness, Education, Agency, Adult/Youth

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