The Image of Fathers in Popular Adolescent Fiction

With the number of single parent homes on the increase, many children must derive their ideas of roles and responsibilities of fathers from secondary sources, especially books. The picture of fathers that emerges from popular adolescent novels is a disturbing one, with father being commonly portrayed as ineffectual, uncaring, or absent. Significant examples from currently popular books are discussed.     

Trends in Residential and Community Care for Dependent Children and Youth in Israel:

Policy trends and their underlying ideologies are reviewed for Youth Aliyah, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and the Ministry of Education and Culture. On this basis, the current status of research and evaluation, differential diagnosis and program assignment, and planning accountability are presented with recommendations for needed policy initiatives.     

Power and dispossession in the neoliberal food regime: oil palm expansion in Guatemala

ABSTRACT

Guatemala’s palm oil production has surged in line with the global demand for biodiesel and vegetable oil production. While corporate land grabs have been a popular concept in agrarian studies, we emphasize the integral roles of the state and racially-charged political power relations, enhanced by the neoliberal food regime. These power relations, with racism at their core, foster land control grabs occurring alongside the rise of the palm oil industry. Their effects extend beyond merely the dispossession of land. The oil palm expansion and related dispossessions mostly benefit the international markets and the wealthy ruling class comprised of creole descendants and affluent ladinos. The soaring industry has given rise to human rights violations and a lack of access to or control of various resources, such as food and water. Based on fieldwork, we show that dispossessed Guatemalans, especially the indigenous, experience rising poverty, domestic food shortages and an influx of foreign foodstuffs as the meagrely paid work in the oil palm sector is only available for the few.     

Chapter 4: Adult Descriptions of Public Achievement

SUMMARY

Adult volunteers who work as experiential educators in Public Achievement (PA) told us about their experiences, and we contrasted these with the stated aims of Public Achievement, young peoples' experiences, and what it is like to be an adult volunteer. PA coaches reflected that there was a significant disjuncture between the official aims of PA and their lived experiences working with youth. Even though this was a source of frustration, PA coaches did come to have personally meaningful experiences working with youth, and this provoked reflection on their own understanding of citizenship, democracy, and public work.     

Governance and youth unemployment in Africa

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study is to identify governance indicators that can reduce youth unemployment in Africa. Thereby, the authors incorporated governance indicators into the growth model. The dynamic panel estimation of the model, based on data from the World Bank, the IMF and UNCTAD for the period 2002–2016 found that some governance indicators such as control of corruption and political stability have a negative influence on youth unemployment in Africa. Moreover, political stability does not reduce youth unemployment in highly corrupt countries which are rich in natural resources. Similarly, other governance indicators such as government effectiveness, regulatory quality, the rule of law, voice and accountability are not yet producing the expected effects in African countries. As a result, political authorities must improve governance indicators, including the control of corruption and political stability.     

谈网络时代青少年工作创新的方法

青少年作为网络的主要使用者,正面临着各种现实问题和网络问题的困扰,在网络时代,如何创新青少年工作方法显得尤其重要。文章就青少年工作方法创新的原则、途径以及工作方法创新中的几对关系处理等进行探讨。     

依托本地区丰富文化资源创新青少年校外文化活动

文章在认真分析了磐安特色文化资源的基础上,从校外文化活动对青少年成长的重要作用,挖掘本地区特色文化资源,创新青少年校外文化活动三个方面,对如何开展青少年校外文化活动进行积极有效的探索。     

关于共青团服务“两新组织”青年探析——基于对广州市“两新组织”青年的实地调研

调查显示,广州市＂两新组织＂青年迫切需要解决的5大问题依次为：＂提高工资收入＂、＂住房问题＂、＂就业指导＂、＂恋爱情感问题＂、＂权益保障＂。此外,＂70后＂青年的＂健康＂压力更突显,＂80后＂青年的＂家庭＂压力更突显,＂90后＂青年的＂学习＂压力更突显。基于对广州市＂两新组织＂青年的实地调研,了解青年的生活及需求现状,提出共青团有效服务青年的相关建议。     

深入实践科学发展观 培养基层青年检察人才

强化基层青年检察人才的培养,是全面推动检察工作可持续发展的着力点、突破点和增长点,把青年检察人才的培养工作推向更高层次,才能为各项检察事业的科学发展奠定坚实基础。本文从科学发展观与青年检察人才培养的关系,基层检察院青年检察人才培养存在的问题等角度出发,对加强基层院青年检察人才培养的措施进行了简要探究。     

Re‐articulating Identity: The Shifting Landscape of Indigenous Politics and Power on the Ecuadorian Coast

The Levantamiento Indígena of 1990 was a defining moment in the advancement of indigenous politics in Ecuador. Following the uprising of 1990, scholars have paid close attention to the politics of identity and indigenous representation in Ecuador with the main focus being placed on the highland and Amazonian regions of the country. Based on fieldwork conducted in Ecuador's Manabí province, this article provides preliminary insight into the growth of an indigenous discourse on the Ecuadorian coast. I focus on the process of re‐indigenisation in the coastal community of Macaboa. This research is significant because while a great deal of scholarly attention has been paid to indigenous movements in Ecuador's highland and Amazonian regions, indigenous politics on the coast have gone largely unnoticed. The case outlined in this article is emblematic of the shifting nature of identity and the way in which ethnic discourses are increasingly being adopted by marginalised groups in their attempts to negotiate with the state.