着力加强新形势下欠发达省份团校建设

团校教育是党和国家教育事业的重要组成部分,但在市场经济和科学技术迅猛发展的新形势下,团校面临着前所未有的挑战和艰巨的任务,特别是经济欠发达省份团校,由于经济的制约、观念的滞后,出现了更大的困难和更多的特殊性,在教育系统中处于弱中之弱的状况。必须采取有效措施,着力加强欠发达省份团校建设。     

我国青年文化的现状与发展趋势简析

青年文化是现代社会的产物,反映了青年人特定的生活方式。青年文化在物质形式上突出表现为与高科技的紧密结合;价值观念上则大多呈现为务实化、多元化、个性化的特点,并体现为对特定话语体系的追求;青年人更多地认同非正式组织,而逐渐走向不同的阶层。在发展趋势上,青年文化在相当时间内仍会保持现有的特点,同时,更加紧密地与市场相结合,与成人社会和主流文化相靠近。同时,由于青年文化本身所具有的不确定性,在未来社会里,其发展趋向仍有无限的可能。     

网络文化背景下的青少年写作活动与人格培养

写作活动及其成品中总是要反映出一定的人格倾向。由于青少年的人格主要是在社会活动中形成并完善的,因此其写作活动并不单纯是书面语言表达活动,必须看到它在人格培养中的作用,对这种活动的指导也不能局限在提高表达技能上。应该充分注意网络文化背景下出现的一些新变化,在"作文"与"做人"相统一的前提下同步进行正确引导。     

The Double Paradox of Juvenile Justice

This article considers the history of a century of juvenile justice. Illinois 'invented' the separate 'children's court' in 1899 and this concept was spearheaded in Northern America, Great Britain and continental Europe in the first decades of the new century. However, a century after its foundation the future of the juvenile court is in doubt everywhere in the Western world. Some conclude that there is a cyclical pattern in juvenile justice policies. That proposition is rejected in this article. The proposition of a cyclical pattern also presupposes that there is no real problem at stake in treating juvenile offenders. The main point of this article, however, is that juvenile justice cannot escape trying to solve a very complicated foundational issue. This issue is a double paradox, that is, juvenile justice has to solve two philosophical questions: the justification of punishment and the justification of punishment for non-adults. This diagnosis presents a new conceptual framework for an analysis of the history of juvenile justice.     

Youth participation in local politics: city councils and youth assemblies in Turkey

The focus of this study is political participation of youth in local politics in Turkey. Since local politics includes elements from both macro politics and mundane affairs, it proves to be a fertile ground to analyse how youth experience politics. Youth participation in local politics became an important issue in Turkey with the Agenda 21. The Agenda 21 that was launched with the UN Rio Summit was transferred to Turkey in the form of Local Agenda 21 leading to the establishment of city councils and youth assemblies under the umbrella of the councils. We treat city councils and youth assemblies as ‘a lost opportunity’ for now, and we ask why the youth cannot be integrated into local politics, despite the fact that they are willing to participate. Based on the interviews conducted with the members of assemblies, we try to understand the factors that lead to young people’s engagement in political life.     

西部人才政策六大外部负效应探析

人才是实现西部大开发战略的关键因素,为此,国家和西部地方政府制定了许多优惠的人才政策。然而,这些吸引和培养人才的公共政策在极大促进西部人才开发的同时,也带来了部分不容忽视的外部负效应。矫正这些外部负效应,并提出相应的对策和建议已迫在眉睫。     

完善网络游戏立法的若干思考

网络游戏给不少青少年带来了种种危害,游戏中如账号被盗,密码遭窃,游戏中的道具、装备失踪等问题不断出现。网络游戏的发展不仅是一个技术问题,更是一个法律问题,因此,应尽快完善游戏立法,以保证网络游戏的健康发展。     

生态社会主义思潮对我国青年的影响及教育对策

强调把环境保护、维护生态平衡与争取社会主义相结合的生态社会主义,对我国当代青年产生了正负交织的影响,特别是其负面影响不可忽视。因此,要加强系统的马克思主义教育,加强对生态社会主义的研究,加强意识形态教育,加强国情国力教育,尽力克服这一思潮对青年的不利影响。     

The contemporary transformation of american youth: An analysis of change in the prevalence of delinquency, 1991–2015

Youth involvement in crime has declined substantially over the past few decades, yet the reasons for this trend remain unclear. We advance the literature by examining the role of several potentially important shifts in individual attitudes and behaviors that may help to account for the observed temporal variation in youth delinquency. Our multilevel analysis of repeated cross‐sectional data from eighth and tenth grade students in the Monitoring the Future (MTF) study indicates that changes in youth offending prevalence were not associated with changes in youth attachment and commitment to school, community involvement, or parental supervision after school. In contrast, the study provides suggestive evidence that the significant reduction in youth offending prevalence observed since the early 1990s was significantly associated with a decrease in unstructured socializing and alcohol consumption and, to a lesser extent, with a decrease in youth preferences for risky activities. Implications for existing theoretical explanations and future research on youth crime trends are discussed.     

Voting void? Young South Africans,elections and the media

In May 2014, many of South Africa’s young citizens had the opportunity to vote in national elections for the first time. Youths who were born post-1994 (often referred to as the ‘Born Frees’) are the first generation of South Africans who live in a democratic country and hold no individual memory of life under apartheid. These young South Africans were born during a period of democracy, a time of transition and of great hope for the future. As a result of having been born outside the confines of apartheid racial segregation, they are expected to be racially integrated with their peers. The expectation which comes with the freedoms fought for by previous generations is that the youth will take up formal democratic practices, such as voting and engaging with parliament. However, during the recent national elections, the youth turnout revealed surprising differences amongst the 18–29-year age group. Young people aged 18–19 opted not to take up the right to vote – in fact, only 31 per cent of them had registered. This article interrogates the attitudes and actions of young South Africans within the political sphere, specifically by examining a group of young South Africans who are eligible to vote, as well as the role of the media in aiding or deterring voting engagement and perceptions. The central argument is that the local media fail to engage young people with content which advances their political identities. Despite high levels of media consumption, youths are engaging with formal politics as a result of pressure from family or due to socio-economic limitations, rather than a desire to add value to their citizenship.