Can communities facilitate youth empowerment? A systematic analysis
Soler-Masó, Pere 1966- (Universitat de Girona)
Úcar, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Teories de l'Educació i Pedagogia Social)
Planas Lladó, Anna (Universitat de Girona)
González-Martínez, Juan (Universitat de Girona)
Llena Berñe, Asun (Universitat de Barcelona)

Additional title:	¿La comunidad puede facilitar el empoderamiento juvenil? Un análisis sistemático
Date:	2025
Description:	19 pàg.
Abstract:	Youth empowerment (YE) receives preferential attention in socio-educational practice and research due to the need to understand the processes that enable young people to empower themselves. Improving YE requires creating the right conditions and contexts for opportunities while ensuring equality and equity. The context and community in which youth empowerment takes place play a key role. However, academic literature has not systematically analyzed the relationship between YE and community. This article conducts a systematic literature review from 2012 to 2022 to examine the conceptual and methodological connections between youth empowerment and community. It identifies a diversity of concepts and practices highlighting youth participation and leadership. Six pedagogical principles for facilitating youth empowerment in community contexts are inferred. Empowerment processes between a community and its youth tend to be two-way. Finally, there is a need for further research on youth empowerment processes in community settings.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Youth empowerment ; Community ; Young people ; Pedagogy
Published in:	Community Development, (July 2025) , p. 1-19, ISSN 1944-7485

DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2025.2525805

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