The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education
The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education
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帕尔格雷夫公民与教育手册
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10.1007/978-3-319-67905-1_46-1
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2019
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Chadwick A
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Chadwick A
本章利用现有的理论和实证文献来探讨塞拉利昂的青年机构和公民身份。塞拉利昂的年轻人口，加上国内冲突的历史，导致对年轻人及其在社会中的角色的焦虑，使塞拉利昂成为探索如何在年轻人融入成为发展议程重点的背景下构想青年公民身份的重要案例。首先，利用现有的理论文献提供了一些关键术语的定义，然后简要概述了相关的历史和社会政治背景。然后，本章涉及三个案例研究，这些案例研究提供了对塞拉利昂年轻人如何参与公民身份的见解；首先，通过对该国首都弗里敦的非正式就业和公民身份的探索；其次，通过考察内战后以青年为基础的公民社会的成长；最后，通过研究埃博拉疫情（2014-2016）如何通过志愿服务塑造年轻人的公民行为和经验。通过这些案例研究，作者提出了一个论点，即有必要询问年轻人如何在公民身份的经历与期望或希望的替代方案之间进行沟通，承认年轻人对不同未来的希望，同时了解年轻人在日常公民身份遭遇中的困难。这一差距提出了一个问题，即通常无法实现的全球公民理想与公民日常实践的困难之间存在矛盾。
This chapter draws upon existing theoretical and empirical literature to explore youth agency and citizenship in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone’s young population, alongside a history of civil-conflict, has led to anxieties about young people and their role within society, making Sierra Leone an important case for exploring how youth citizenship is conceived in a context in which young people’s inclusion became a key focus of development agendas. First, some definitions of the key terminology are provided making use of existing theoretical literature followed by a brief outline of the relevant historical and sociopolitical context. The chapter then engages with three case studies that provide insight into how young people engage with citizenship in Sierra Leone; firstly, through an exploration of informal employment and citizenship in Freetown – the country’s capital; secondly, through an examination of the growth of youth-based civil society after the civil-conflict; and finally through an examination of how the Ebola epidemic (2014–2016) shaped young people’s enactment and experience of citizenship through volunteering. Through these case studies, an argument is made for the need to interrogatehowyoung people navigate the gap between experiences of citizenship and expectations or hoped-for alternatives, acknowledging young people’s hope for a different future, while appreciating the difficulty for young people of everyday citizenship encounters. The gap identified raises questions about the contradictions between often unobtainable global citizenship ideals and the difficulty of the everyday practice of citizenship.