From ivory tower to state house: How youth theory can inform youth policy making
From ivory tower to state house: How youth theory can inform youth policy making
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2004.00005.x
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发表时间：
2004-01-01
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影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Gross, E
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作者：
Bogenschneider, K;Gross, E
凯伦·博根施奈德和伊丽莎白·格罗斯曾说过，没有什么比好的理论更实用。这句格言对政策制定者和专业人士同样适用吗？努力解释“事物为何如此”的理论能否对努力设计“事物应该如何”的政策制定者有用？“更具体地说，在象牙塔中构想的青年发展理论能否用于政治竞技场，为影响青年人生活的政策的设计和辩论提供信息？特别是，如何实用的青年发展和问题预防理论所描述的小型和Memmo制定青年政策？我们在这里的目的是双重的：研究理论是否对政策决策有用，并讨论如何以实用和与政策制定者相关的方式构建理论。我们的评论建立在一些学者的工作和我们自己的历史连接的研究和理论的政策制定，包括超过十年的经验进行家庭影响研讨会在威斯康星州，4年提供技术援助的11个其他网站进行研讨会在他们的州议会大厦，和7年指导威斯康星州青年未来大学/社区伙伴关系在22威斯康星州社区。这些经验给我们提供了关于决策者的信息需求和偏好的重要教训，我们希望这将丰富关于青年理论和青年政策之间交叉点的讨论。在本文中，我们将青年政策定义为针对10至24岁的年轻人制定、制定和实施有关儿童福利、教育、就业和培训、家庭支持、少年司法和福利制度等主题的法律、规则、法规或司法决定。理论被定义为系统的公式或组织的想法，以解释和/或理解一个现象或特定的
Karen Bogenschneider** and Elizabeth Gross t has been said that nothing is as practical as a good theory. Is this maxim as true for policy makers as it is for professionals? Can theories, which strive to explain" why things are," be useful to policy makers who strive to design" how things ought to be?" More specifically, can youth development theories conceived in the ivory tower be used in the political arena to inform the design and debate of policies that shape the lives of young people? In particular, how practical are the youth development and problem prevention theories described by Small and Memmo for developing youth policies? Our purpose here is two-fold: to examine whether theory is useful for policy decisions, and to discuss how to frame theory in ways that are practical and relevant for policy makers. Our comments build upon the work of a number of scholars and our own history of connecting research and theory to policy making, including over a decade of experience conducting Family Impact Seminars in Wisconsin, 4 years of providing technical assistance to 11 other sites conducting seminars in their state capitols, and 7 years directing Wisconsin Youth Futures-University/community partnerships in 22 Wisconsin communities. These experiences have taught us important lessons about policy makers' information needs and preferences, which we hope will enrich the discussion of the intersections between youth theory and youth policy. In this paper, we define youth policy as the development, enactment, and implementation of a law, rule, code, or judicial decision targeted toward young people, aged 10 to 24, on topics such as child welfare, education, employment and training, family support, juvenile justice, and the welfare system. Theory is defined as the systematic formulation or organization of ideas to explain and/or understand a phenomenon or particular