Index

Youth Exclusion and Empowerment in the Contemporary Global Order: Contexts of Economy, Education and Governance

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(2022), "Index", Àkànle, Ọ. (Ed.) Youth Exclusion and Empowerment in the Contemporary Global Order: Contexts of Economy, Education and Governance, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 179-186. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-497-720221015

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Academia
, 3

“Academic capitalism”
, 12

“Academic consumerism”
, 8

Academic procrastination
, 75, 76–77

home-and personal-related determiners
, 82–86

learning-and teaching-related determiners
, 86–89

methodology
, 77–79

results
, 79–82

theoretical framework
, 77

Active involvement in existing political parties
, 115

Activism
, 113

Acute social marginalization
, 35

Adulthood
, 121

Affirmative action
, 4–5

Africa, youth in
, 57, 128–129

African Union (AU)
, 113, 129

African Youth Charter
, 107

Agentic process
, 157

Alternative provision (AP)
, 153, 159–160

Analytical/interpretive method
, 171

Arab Spring protests
, 18, 113

Attendance
, 159

“Audit culture”
, 9

Australia, neoliberal transformation in
, 5

Autoethnography
, 171

Autonomy of academia
, 12

Bachelor of Arts (BA)
, 171

Bachelor of Education (BEd)
, 171

Bachelor of Law (LLB)
, 171

Bachelor of Science (BSc)
, 171

Belarus protest
, 21–22

Binary logistic regression
, 102

Black Consciousness
, 55

Black South Africans
, 55

#BlackLivesMatter
, 26

“Blackness”, 55n1

Blogs
, 18

“Born-free generation”
, 56

Bourdieu’s field theory
, 108

Brain circulation
, 144–146

Brain drain
, 144–146

#BringBackOurGirls protest
, 24

British universities
, 5

Burkina Faso
, 108

consequences of exclusion of young people
, 111

creation of political parties
, 114–115

enrolment in terrorism and organized crime
, 111–112

findings
, 115–117

realities of youth exclusion
, 110–111

representative democracy
, 107–108

research methodology
, 109–110

sustainable ways out of exclusionary trajectories for young people
, 112–114

By-product of mandatory schooling
, 153

Capital concept
, 156

Centre for Teaching Development (CTD)
, 78, 89

China/Hong Kong Administrative Region
, 26–29

Chinese youth
, 27, 29

Chronic poverty
, 40

Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC)
, 95

Civil society movements, creation of
, 113

Civil society organizations (CSOs)
, 109, 114

Classical theory
, 96–97

“Cognitive space”
, 160

College
, 159

Colonial matrix of power
, 58

Colonialism
, 55, 122

Coloniality
, 58

Colonization
, 58

Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
, 75

Commodity
, 5

Compulsory education systems
, 153

Compulsory schooling
, 155

Confirmability
, 79

Conflict theory
, 20

Constitution of Republic of Namibia
, 123

Consumption
, 36, 49

Contextual approach
, 34

Continuous assignments
, 87

Conversation, The
, 11

Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP)
, 4

Corruption
, 24

Covid-19 global crisis
, 75, 81

Creative sector
, 173

Credibility
, 79

Crime
, 144

Criminal violence
, 33

Crisis of representative democracy
, 108

Critical literature
, 3

Cultural attitudes
, 156–158

Cultural beliefs
, 76

Cultural belonging
, 40

Cumulative prospect theory
, 77

Cyclical unemployment
, 99

Data collection techniques
, 110

Decision-making
, 18

Decoloniality
, 58, 62

Decolonization
, 56–57, 58–59

coming alive, but slow
, 63–64

currently lacks clarity
, 65

dynamic and contextual
, 62–63

South African
, 60–61

students’ roles in decolonization/transformation committees
, 66–67

support
, 64–65

transformation
, 65–66

Dehumanization
, 55

Democratic governance
, 107

Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
, 66

Dependability
, 79

Deprivation
, 33, 36, 49

Desktop research method
, 122

Disaffection
, 155–156, 162

“Disciplinary grounds”
, 154

“Discouraged work seekers”
, 143

Disengaged students
, 155

Disengagement
, 155–156

Diverse methods
, 1

Drug trafficking
, 33

“Easy-to-hard” approach
, 86

Economic crisis
, 19

Economic globalization
, 33

Economic resources
, 33

Economic transformation
, 7

Education
, 2, 23, 142, 159, 161

alternative provision
, 159–160

casualties of
, 153

cultural attitudes
, 156–158

education in England
, 154–155

engagement, disaffection, and disengagement
, 155–156

quiet disaffection
, 158–159

reflection and reclamation of agency
, 162–163

stakeholders
, 75

system
, 160–161

victim to casualty
, 160–162

Educational motivation
, 4

Educational practices
, 76

Effort-based factors
, 128

Elections
, 18

Emerging adulthood
, 18

Employment
, 131, 142

factors
, 146

generation
, 95

growth and opportunity
, 146–148

#EndOutsourcing
, 59

#EndSARS Protest
, 19, 24–26

Engagement
, 155–156, 163

England

education in
, 154–155

schooling in
, 153

English government
, 159

Enrolment in terrorism and organized crime
, 111–112

Entertainment
, 80

Entrepreneurship sector
, 172

Ethnic minorities
, 5

Eurocentred colonization
, 58

Exclusionary trajectories for young people
, 112–114

Expectancy theory
, 77

“Experience of procrastination”
, 86

Extradition Bill
, 27

Face-to-face interview
, 78

Facebook
, 25, 173

#Fallism movement
, 59

Feelings of exclusion
, 142–144

#Fees Must Fall (FMF)
, 56, 62, 67

Field
, 124–126

Financial autonomy
, 115

Frictional unemployment
, 99

Frustration index
, 45

Gates Foundation
, 6

Gender dominance in clusters of IEAs
, 174

German colonialism
, 126

Global development
, 2

Global economic crisis
, 22

Global North
, 145

Global South
, 145

Global system
, 3

Globalization
, 174

Google
, 97

Google Meet
, 78

Google Scholar
, 97

Growth strategies
, 33

Hair making
, 175

Harambee Prosperity Plan
, 123, 128

Health
, 80

Higher education

“audit culture” in
, 9

Black Consciousness
, 55

born-free generation
, 56

conversation
, 56–57

decolonization
, 56

ethnic minorities in
, 5

findings
, 67–69

issues
, 4–13

marketization of
, 8

methodology
, 59–60

methodology and theoretical framework
, 3–4

neoliberal transformation of
, 3–4

neoliberalism in
, 8, 12

post-RMF and decolonization activities in South Africa
, 61–67

South African decolonization
, 60–61

theorization of decolonization
, 58–59

vision of
, 10

Higher Education Research Institute
, 4

Home and personal-related determiners
, 81

Home-related determiners
, 82–86

Hostage-taking Jeopardization of African youth future
, 110–111

Household works
, 87

Human capital theory
, 140

Human development
, 81

Human labour
, 96

Identity crisis
, 40

Illegality
, 49

Immaterial assistance
, 82

Immediate learning assessments
, 87

Immigration
, 122

In-depth interview (IDI)
, 171, 174

In-school Youths, IEAs of
, 172

Inclusive development
, 97, 103

Income-earning activities (IEAs)
, 169

consequences of
, 175

of in-school youths
, 172

nature of IEAs youth
, 169

youth involved in
, 174

Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM)
, 19

Individual motivation
, 77

Individual procrastination
, 88

Industrialization
, 174

Inequality
, 2, 19

political economy of
, 126–128

Inferential statistics
, 102

Informal sector
, 95

Nigeria
, 96

and youth employment
, 100–101

Instagram
, 173

Instant messages
, 18

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)
, 34

Instrumental case study
, 78

Intellectual works
, 1

Intentional procrastination
, 76

Inter disciplinary method
, 2

International Labour Organization (ILO)
, 18–19, 96

Intervention strategies
, 157

Interviewee
, 175

Intrinsic motivation
, 84

Job creation
, 97

Keynesian unemployment (see Cyclical unemployment)

Labour law
, 148

Laissez-faire economics ideology
, 26

Latin American youth experience
, 36

Leadership
, 2, 115

Learning
, 161

learning-related determiners
, 81, 86–89

Leftist scholars
, 7

Less-formal approach
, 159

Likert scales
, 37

Lincoln and Guba method
, 79

Literature review
, 141

Male entrepreneur
, 175

Marginalization process
, 153

Market forces
, 5

Marxist economics
, 125

Massive open online courses (MOOCs)
, 9–11

Material assistance
, 82

Mental stress
, 81

Merton’s anomy theory
, 36

Mexico, impoverished youth in

data and methods
, 37–40

general breakdown of sample, by age group
, 38–39

neither criminal conduct nor frustration, but reduced expectations
, 40–49

violence and youth
, 34–37

Migration as pathway escaping exclusion
, 144–146

Miles and Huberman approach
, 142

Millennium Development Goals
, 95

“Mixed economy”
, 130

Momentary academic detachment
, 82

Motivation
, 77

Multidisciplinary method
, 2

#MustFall student movement
, 59–60

Namibia

at Glance
, 126

youth in Namibia’s political economy order
, 129–133

National Bureau of Economic Research
, 7

National Development Plans (NDPs)
, 127

National Directorate of Employment
, 95

National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy
, 95

National Minister of Health
, 144

National Planning Commission
, 132

National Poverty Eradication Programme
, 95

National Youth Council (NYC)
, 123, 130

National Youth Policy (NYP)
, 123

Need theory
, 77

Neoliberal education
, 4

Neoliberal hegemony
, 6

Neoliberal transformation
, 4–5

of higher education
, 3–4

Neoliberalism on universities
, 11

“Netizens”
, 28

Nigeria

informal sector
, 96

protest
, 24–26

youth unemployment and causes
, 98–100

Nigerian

formal sector and youth employment demand
, 100

informal economy
, 95

“Non-legitimated” capital
, 154

Not in education and not in employment or training (NEET)
, 131

#NotTooYoungToRun protest
, 24

#OccupyNigeriaprotest
, 24

Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
, 159

Online education
, 75

Online learning
, 82

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
, 12, 18, 170

Organized crime
, 34

enrolment in
, 111–112

Palgrave pilot project
, 10

Pan-Africanism
, 55

Pattern coding
, 142

Personal-related determiners
, 82–86

Philanthropic efforts within university education
, 6

Philanthropy
, 7

Photography
, 175

Pico-economics
, 77

Policy choices of society
, 125

Policy-makers
, 5, 24

Political alternation
, 109

Political barriers
, 18

Political cynicism
, 17

Political decolonization
, 56

Political economy
, 124–126

of Namibia
, 121

of unemployment, inequality and poverty
, 126–128

Political game
, 107

Political parties, creation of
, 114

Political transition
, 108

“Poor”, 35n2

Post-RMF in South Africa
, 61–67

Poverty
, 36, 95

political economy of
, 126–128

Prioritization of certain needs
, 45

“Private initiative”
, 3

Private training providers
, 159

Procrastination
, 75–76, 79, 86

“Promoters”
, 23

Protest
, 28

youth exclusion and
, 20–21

Psychological approach
, 121

Psychology
, 2

Qualitative approach
, 78, 109

Qualitative data
, 172

Qualitative study
, 59

Quality

of life
, 148–149

of youth
, 122

Quantitative data
, 171

Quiet disaffection
, 158–159, 163

Racism
, 122

Rationality
, 58

Realities of youth exclusion
, 110–111

Recreational motivators
, 149

Reflection
, 160

for disaffected students
, 162

and reclamation of agency
, 162–163

#ReformPolice on social media
, 25

Repetitive classroom
, 85

Representative democracy
, 107

crisis of
, 108

Research design
, 170

“Research targets”
, 9

Researchgate
, 97

Residual unemployment
, 99

#RhodesMustFall movement (RMF movement)
, 56, 62, 67

and Students’ Movements
, 60–61

Sample size determination formula
, 171

Sampling techniques
, 59, 109

Satellite campuses
, 11

School
, 155, 159, 163

conformity
, 157

in England
, 156

environment
, 155

Schooling
, 158, 162

commonalities in
, 122

compulsory
, 154–155, 157

in England
, 153

youth age in
, 131

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
, 8, 12

Seasonal unemployment
, 98–99

Secondary research method
, 122

Segalinks (see Segun Awosanya)

Segun Awosanya
, 24

Self-exploration, journey of
, 160–162

Semi-authoritarian regime
, 109

Semi-structured interview
, 59

Semi-systematic literature review
, 141

#Shackville
, 59

Siamese revolution (1932)
, 22–23

Slavery
, 24

“Smartphone generation”
, 25

Social actors
, 124

Social capital
, 115

Social commitment
, 114

Social conflict theory
, 20

Social environment
, 89

Social exclusion
, 19, 40, 44, 142–144

of youth
, 139

Social marginalization
, 35

Social media
, 18, 173

Social mobility
, 5

Social order

field and political economy
, 124–126

methodology
, 122–123

Namibia at Glance
, 126

political economy of unemployment, inequality and poverty
, 126–128

youth as social category
, 123–124

youth in Africa
, 128–129

youth in Namibia’s political economy order
, 129–133

youth in Namibian context
, 121–122

Social praxis
, 121

Social stratifications
, 122

Social transformation
, 7

Social transgression
, 36, 49

Socialization
, 80

Society

policy choices of
, 125

political economy of
, 125

Socioanthropological approach
, 110

Sociological imagination
, 121

“Soft skills”
, 140

Soro sok (see #EndSARS protest)

South Africa

post-colony
, 56

post-RMF and decolonization activities in
, 61–67

youths in
, 57

South African

colonialism
, 126

condition of governance and labour law
, 148

context of South Africa
, 139–140

decolonization
, 60–61

employment growth and opportunity
, 146–148

methodology
, 141–142

migration as pathway escaping exclusion
, 144–146

quality of life
, 148–149

results and findings
, 146

social exclusion and feelings of exclusion
, 142–144

youth
, 56, 140

Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
, 24

Stakeholders
, 6

Stellenbosch University (SU)
, 59

Strain theory
, 36

Street trading
, 102

Structural unemployment
, 99

Students
, 153, 170

employment
, 169

holistic development of
, 82

roles in decolonization/transformation committees
, 66–67

Successive assignment
, 87

Successive domestic work
, 83

Sure-P program
, 95

Sustainable development in Nigeria
, 96–97, 99

Systematic review method
, 97

Task averseness
, 83

Tax payment, decree for
, 22

Teaching-related determiners
, 81, 86–89

Teaching–learning principles
, 76

Technological innovation
, 8, 10

Technological transformation
, 7

Technological unemployment
, 99

Telegram
, 173

Temporal motivational theory (TMT)
, 77, 86, 88

Temporary institutionalization of online learning
, 82

Temporary work overseas
, 145

Terrorism, enrolment in
, 111–112

Thailand protest
, 22–23

Thematic analysis
, 78, 82, 142

Traditional learning
, 83

Traditional political technique
, 18

Transferability
, 79

Transformation
, 68–69

Transnational education
, 12

Transnational networks
, 143–144

Triangulation
, 110

Twitter
, 25, 173

Underdevelopment of African continent
, 111

Unemployment
, 19, 24, 95, 99, 131, 143, 147

political economy of
, 126–128

rates in Namibia
, 132

rates in Nigeria
, 96

United Nations
, 107

University
, 5–6, 9, 10

education
, 7

University of Cape Town (UCT)
, 56

University of Carlifornia, Los Angeles (UCLA)
, 4

University of Fort Hare (UFH)
, 59

University of Kwazulu Natal (UKZN)
, 59

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
, 59

Upper middle income country (Belarus)
, 22

Urban gangs
, 33

Urbanization
, 174

Vandalism
, 28

Victim to casualty
, 160–162

Victimhood
, 161

Video-based online interviews
, 78

Violence in Mexico
, 34–37

Violent neighbourhood organizations
, 33

Vision 2030
, 123

Vocational learning environment
, 159

“Waithood”
, 18

Walton Trust
, 6

Western education
, 174

Westernization
, 174

WhatsApp
, 25, 173

White supremacism
, 55

World Health Organization
, 18

Young people
, 157

consequences of young people exclusion
, 111–112

exclusionary trajectories for
, 112–114

Youngsters
, 18

Youth

in Africa
, 57, 128–129

age
, 18, 139

age in Belarus
, 21

contemporary world
, 1

in contemporary world
, 1

demonstrations
, 17

deprivation, consumption, social transgression and
, 36

in developing countries
, 19

development
, 124, 142

empowerment
, 129

identity
, 122

in Mexico
, 34–37

in Namibia’s political economy order
, 129–133

in Namibian context
, 121–122

as social category
, 123–124

in South Africa
, 57, 139

Youth citizen movements
, 114

Youth Development Index (YDI)
, 129

Youth exclusion
, 1, 18

causes, trajectories and ramifications of
, 21

demographic information
, 172

global perspective and context of
, 18–19

IEAs of In-school Youths
, 172–174

and protest
, 20–21

realities of
, 110–111

research methodology
, 170–171

results/Findings and discussion
, 172

skill sets and IEAs among youths
, 174–176

Youth Inclusion
, 97, 110, 171

Youth protest and activism
, 27

Youth unemployment
, 141

employment generation
, 95

findings
, 101–103

informal sector and
, 100–101

methodology
, 97–98

Nigeria’s youth unemployment and causes
, 98–100

Nigerian formal sector and youth employment demand
, 100

PRISMA diagram for study
, 98

sustainable development in Nigeria
, 96–97

unemployment rate in Nigeria
, 96

Youth-led protests
, 17–18

in Belarus, Thailand, Nigeria and China/Hong Kong
, 21

Belarus protest
, 21–22

China/Hong Kong Administrative Region
, 26–29

global perspective and context of youth exclusion
, 18–19

methodology
, 21

Nigeria
, 24–26

Thailand
, 22–23

youth exclusion and protest
, 20–21

YouWin program
, 95