Youth and active citizenship in Turkey: engagement,participation and emancipation

This article critically discusses the establishment of active citizenship in Turkey with a specific focus on young people. In particular, we concentrate on the emergence of different strategies regarding civic and political participation in Turkey, by looking at their relationship with civic and political engagement. The scope is to focus on the influence that various factors have in determining patterns of participation. The research and relative results are based on the narratives inherent to two opposite scenarios – that we defined constraints to engagement and participation and patterns of emancipation – that emerged during the interviews with youth activists of NGOs in Turkey.     

高校共青团视野下青马培养工程的现状与发展

青年马克思主义者培养工程启动后,高校共青团建设应紧密结合这个重要问题,着眼于从实践角度出发培养青年马克思主义者,明确高校青年马克思主义者培养工程的基本内涵,分析青年马克思主义者培养工程的现状以及面临的问题,采取＂学生＋教师＂的培养对象延展策略、＂理论＋实践＂的培养路径提升策略、＂网上＋网下＂的培养方式拓展策略、＂校内＋校外＂的培养阵地辐射策略等,扩大青年马克思主义者的广度、深度和效度。     

“I'm calling my mom”: The meaning of family and kinship among homegirls

This paper explores the relationships and experiences of a group of young Latina women. The material is drawn from an ongoing comparative qualitative study of ethnic youth gangs in the San Francisco Bay area. The information collected highlights the female gang members' complex relationships with their families, with one another, and with male counterparts. By focusing on the elaborate networks of support and strong attachments that women form, we suggest a reexamination of the relationships between family and gang in the gang members' lives.