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The authors discuss the emergence of destructive socio-political practices in the youth communities of the Krasnodar Region, Russia, and make recommendations to reduce their negative impact at the regional level in terms of the youth policy. The study lays in conceptual frames of life strategies of youth (developed by Yu. A. Zub and V. I. Chuprov), of the humanistic concept of youth (I. M. Ilinsky), and the ladder of participation of the youth (R. Hart). The paper represents the comprehensive study conducted in two stages resulting in revelation and characterization of youth communities. The groups are characterized according to their life strategies of self-determination typical for different semantic cultures coexisting in the youth environment of Russia. In the communities of young people revealed in the study, the two major types of socio-political behavior and attitudes are emphasized: openly and directly destructive forms of public behavior, and indirectly destructive behavior limiting the potential of development and application of youth policies. Tackling imitating forms of public conduct and increasing the level of actual participation of young people in the implementation of the youth policies together with older generations for the joint solutions will contribute to minimizing risks of destructive practices and the development of the constructive potential of the youth.

In the current European climate of economic, financial and political crisis and the questioning of the welfare state, assessing public policies assume a primary and strategic relevance in clarifying the results and contributions of policy actions. In this article, we aim to present the current situation in relation to youth policy assessment so as to formulate a system of assessment indicators in the sphere of Spanish local government youth policy. A review is conducted of some of the principal contributions in the field of constructing indicators for evaluating youth policies. We have found that most of these evaluation tools exist on a national or state level and that there is a dearth of local or municipal tools. The article concludes with a concrete proposal for an assessment tool: the SIAPJove (Sistema d"Indicadors d"Avaluacio´ per a les Polı´tiques Municipals de Joventut or System of Assessment Indicators for Local Government Youth Policies) (web page: http://siapjove.udg.edu/). It provides both quantitative and qualitative indicators for local youth policy managers to obtain assessment reports with relative ease in 12 possible areas for assessment within youth policy

This article problematizes the assumption that national policies have a direct impact on youth participation at the local level and analyses the relationships between local forms of youth participation and local and national policies. Relying on data from a EU project funded under the HORIZON 2020 programme, the article focuses on formally institutionalized settings of youth participation and elaborates local constellations of youth participation in six European cities. These constellations may be referred to as regimes of youth participation as they reflect wider structures of power and knowledge that influence the way in which young people's practices in public spaces and their claims of being part of society are recognized. However, the analysis reveals that rather deducing it from the model of welfare regimes, such a typology needs to be developed starting from the local level and should consider the ways in which different relationships between local youth policies and national welfare states affect youth participation.

This article problematizes the assumption that national policies have a direct impact on youth participation at the local level and analyses the relationships between local forms of youth participation and local and national policies. Relying on data from a EU project funded under the HORIZON 2020 programme, the article focuses on formally institutionalized settings of youth participation and elaborates local constellations of youth participation in six European cities. These constellations may be referred to as regimes of youth participation as they reflect wider structures of power and knowledge that influence the way in which young people's practices in public spaces and their claims of being part of society are recognized. However, the analysis reveals that rather deducing it from the model of welfare regimes, such a typology needs to be developed starting from the local level and should consider the ways in which different relationships between local youth policies and national welfare states affect youth participation.

The present study offers an overview of the policies and programs established by the European Union in the youth field, with a focus on non-formal learning initiatives and in particular on the European Voluntary Service program (EVS).

Government policies are often developed outside of the Ministry of Education, but with education and schooling in mind. This article will look at two such policies: the Youth Development Strategy Aotearoa (YDSA) and the Youth Offending Strategy (YOS). It will explore the contradictory ways in which the purpose and role of schooling are constructed within these policies and the resulting conflicting expectations placed on the compulsory schooling system. These expectations reflect classical notions of the functions of education. The challenge is to redevelop schooling "as we know it" by incorporating a key strength of the YDSA – that of authentic youth participation.

Amaç: Bu doktora tezinin amacı Türkiye'de yürütülen sosyal içermeye yönelik spor tabanlı gençlik politikalarını farklı boyutlarda analiz etmektir. Gereçler ve Metodoloji: Bu tez, 3 farklı araştırma bölümünden oluşmaktadır. İlk aşamada, eleştirel söylem analizi gerçekleştirilmiş, Türkiye Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı'na (GSB) ait politika dökümanları, resmi raporlar ve konuşma dökümleri gençlik ve spor bağlamında incelenerek bakanlığın sosyal içermeye genel bakışı tartışılmıştır. Doktora tezinin temel araştırmasını içeren ikinci ve üçüncü analiz bölümlerinde ise, bakanlık desteğiyle gerçekleştirilen iki spor-tabanlı sosyal projenin katılımcılara etkisi ve proje uygulama süreci nitel araştırma yöntemleri (derinlemesine mülakat, odak grup görüşmesi, gözlem, alan notları) kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Tezin felsefi altyapısını fenomenolojik yorumsamacılık oluşturmakta olup, araştırma dizaynı olarak Yin'in (2008) Çoklu Vaka Analizi yöntemi benimsenmiştir.Bulgular: Araştırmanın genel tartışma ve sonucu olarak, sporun sosyal bir araç olarak kullanımının söylem düzeyinde tam olarak gerçekleştirilmediği görülmektedir. Bakanlık dökümanları sosyal içermeyi temel olarak ekonomik katılıma bağlamakta, ekonomik açıdan avantajlı durumda olmayan çocuk ve gençlerin topluma katılabilme sorumluluğunu ise ailelere devretmektedir. İncelenen projelerin de paradoksal bir şekilde, yeni imkanlar, sosyalleşme alanları yarattığı ama futbolun hegemonik etkisinin projenin gençler üzerindeki sosyal gelişime yönelik etkisini nötrleştirdiği görülmekte. Bu duruma ayrıca, projenin yürütülmesi sürecinde yaşanan örgütsel yetersizlik ve 'proje' modelinin yarattığı uyumsuzluk da eklenmelidir.Sonuçlar: Sonuç olarak, bakanlık çalışmalarının hem söylem hem de pratik seviyesinde 'şekilcilik' anlayışının ötesine geçmekte zorlandığı, özellikle dezavantajlı, ihmal edilmiş gençlerin eşitsizliklerini giderecek kalıcı çözümler geliştirmekten uzak olduğu görülmektedir. --- Purpose: The aim of this PhD thesis was analysing sport-based youth policies in different levels towards social inclusion in Turkey. The specific analysis is directed towards the discourse and the practices of the Ministry of Youth and Sport (MYS) in Turkey. Instruments and Methodology: The PhD comprised of 3 different research phases. In the first part, I conducted a critical discourse analysis towards youth and sport related social inclusion policies of the MYS. In the second part, I focused on the two sport-for-development programmes from organisational and social perspectives. In the third part of analysis, I explored the impact of two sport-for-development programme conducted for underserved youth in disadvantaged communities. In the data collection processes, a series of qualitative data were collected such as interviews, focus groups, observations and field notes. In these analyses, a phenomenological interpretivist approach was embraced and Yin's (2008) approach of multiple case analyses was used as a research design.Findings: The discourse analysis showed that sport's social role is underestimated and the 'mythopoeic' discourse towards the role of sport is maintained without addressing any tangible solutions towards the rights of young people within sport concept. The analysed sport-for-development programmes reflected various outcomes regarding the impact on young people. It showed that the programme presented small improvements in the lives of young people. However, dominance of football within the programmes constrained new opportunities to flourish and as a result, exerted a neutral impact on the participants.Conclusion: The MYS practices and the programmes were generally seen as 'tokenistic gestures', rather than sincere practices to provide social justice and equal opportunities for the young people in the programmes.