Youth Priorities and Electoral Participation: Canada and the Third World -A comparative framework

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• Youth Priorities and Electoral Participation
  Canada and the Third World -A comparative
  framework
• Youth priorities and political participation in
  Canada
• Priorities of the Third World youth

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• To have an interest in politics, what do Canadian
  youth need?
• Knowledge to participate
• A sense that politics matters to them and that
  they can make a difference
• A sense of belonging and being part of the
  society.

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Political efficacy theory Youth participation
would be higher when a greater segment of youth
in a society feels that individual citizens
decisions to vote or participate can change
politics and society
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• 2 kinds of efficacy
• Internal efficacy belief and reliance on ones
  ability to understand politics and vote
• External efficacy Believing that the government
  or parties would be responsive to peoples demands

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• 2004 Canadian Election Study
• A rolling cross-section campaign
• survey with a representative sample of
• 4,323 Canadians (55 response rate)
• A post-election survey
• A Mail-back questionnaire

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2004 Federal election in Canada show Youth (age
18 to 29) voting 15 points lower than the level
among older voters (age 30 ) What are the
priorities of the youth? Health care
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• The decline in youth participation is not due to
  political cynicism as they seem to have strong
  views on socio-political issues.
• What are their views on
• Business interests
• Social issues
• Groups in society
• Law order

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• The decline in youth participation is not due to
  political cynicism as they seem to have strong
  views on socio-political issues.
• What are their views on
• Business interests
• Social issues
• Groups in society
• Law order

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• The decline in youth participation is not due to
  political cynicism as they seem to have strong
  views on socio-political issues.
• What are their views on
• Business interests
• Social issues
• Groups in society
• Law order

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• The decline in youth participation is not due to
  political cynicism as they seem to have strong
  views on socio-political issues.
• What are their views on
• Business interests
• Social issues
• Groups in society
• Law order

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Declining Participation at Parliamentary
elections as of age-eligible electors
http//www.elections.org.nz/now-or-never-lit-revie
w.html
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• Youth Priorities and Electoral Participation
  Canada and the Third World -A comparative
  framework
• Youth priorities and political participation in
  Canada
• Priorities of the Third World youth

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• Some Priorities of the Third World Youth
• Teenage marriage
• Increase protection against the harmful effects
  of early marriage
• Amend legislation to ensure that boys are
  treated as equally as girls.
• Honour killing
• Review legislation
• Develop awareness raising and education
  campaigns to combat discriminatory attitudes and
  harmful traditions affecting girls

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• Develop special training and resources for law
  enforcement personnel.
• Female genital mutilation
• Undertake strong and effectively targeted
  information campaigns to combat this phenomenon
• Adopt legislation with extraterritorial reach
  to protect children within the States
  jurisdiction from female genital mutilation
  outside its territory.

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• About half the population in the world are
  youth aged 20 and below
• http//esa.un.org/unpp/p2k0data.asp
• In LDCs 80 global young people live.
• Youth comprise up to 70 of some nations
  populations
• Jennifer Corriero January 2004 Role of Youth
  Survey
• http//research.takingitglobal.org/roleofyouth/

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World Population 2000 (by Age - in thousands)
http//www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/ch04.
pdf
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http//www.un.org/esa/population/publications/WPP2
004/World_Population_2004_chart.pdf
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Major problems that the Third World Youth face
are AIDS, hunger, unemployment, and social
inequities
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http//www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/ch04.
pdf
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http//www.fessrilanka.org/fes/Links/pdf/pub/sly/s
ly2.pdf
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The Youth and the Challenge of DemocratisationA
Comparative Study of Survey Data from India and
Sri Lanka Subrata K. Mitra Mike Enskat Karsten
Frey http//www.fessrilanka.org/fes/Links/pdf/pub/
sly/sly2.pdf
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Jennifer Corriero January 2004 Role of Youth
Survey research.takingitglobal.org/roleofyouth/Ro
le20of20Youth20Findings.doc -
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How Youth Respondents in Regions Identified
Themselves
Role of Youth - for Each Region Role of Youth - for Each Region Role of Youth - for Each Region
Africa North America South America Asia Europe Oceania
Students 20.5 Students 27 Students 24 Students 19 Students 26 Students 24
Activists 9.9 Consumers 8.8 Workers 9.1 Activists 9.1 Consumers 11 Consumers 8.7
Victims 7.9 Citizens 6.9 Consumers 9.1 Volunteers 8.2 Citizens 8.4 Citizens 8.3
Volunteers 7.6 Workers 6 Citizens 7.3 Leaders 8 Members 6.5 Members 7.6
Citizens 6.8 Activists 5.7 Activists 7.3 Workers 6 Innovators 6.1 Activists 7.2
Workers 6.6 Trendsetters 5.3 Innovators 5.5 Citizens 6 Activists 5.8 Workers 6.5
Members 5.2 Leaders 4.8 Leaders 5.5 Consumers 5.2 Workers 5.4 Innovators 5.1
Leaders 5 Innovators 4.5 Volunteers 5.5 Trend-setters 4 Trend-setters 4.7 Leaders 5.1
Innovators 3.5 Volunteers 3.8 Trend-setters 3.6 Members 4 Troublemaker 3.9 Troublemaker 5.1
Entrepreneurs 2.6 Employees 3.7 Entrepreneurs 3 Entrepreneurs 3.7 Children 3.9 Trend-setters 4.3
Jennifer Corriero research.takingitglobal.org/rol
eofyouth/Role20of20Youth20Findings.doc
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• An electronic survey (2002) was sent out to over
  15,000 people from over 190 countries
• Total sample 1443 respondents from 126
  countries.
• North America (29.2)
• Africa (27.4)
• Middle East, 14.3
• Europe, 7.1
• Asia Oceania 6.9
• South and Central America 4.3
• Gender
• male 58.7
• female 38.7

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• Consumer culture great influence on todays
  youth (76)
• Education important (89)
• Not equipped with job skills 62.2
• Sustainability top 10 only in Africa and Asia
• Employment top 3 first in South America
• (See graph)

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Top 10 Issues for Each Region - Key Issues Top 10 Issues for Each Region - Key Issues Top 10 Issues for Each Region - Key Issues Top 10 Issues for Each Region - Key Issues Top 10 Issues for Each Region - Key Issues
Africa North America South America Asia Europe Oceania
Education 22 Education 17 Employment 19 Education 20 Friends 17 Friends 18
Employment 19 Friends 17 Education 15 Employment 15 Education 14 Employment 17
Business 7.6 Employment 12 Friends 9.1 Friends 8.5 Employment 12 Education 14
HIV/AIDS 5.8 Music 7.3 Business 5.2 Business 6.2 Music 7.6 Music 6.3
Friends 4.7 Romance 4.6 Sports 5.2 Leadership 4.6 Romance 4.4 Sports 5.5
Health 4.5 Sports 3.8 Arts 3.9 Environment 4.4 Travel 3.5 Other 4.3
Sustainability 4.5 Other 3.4 Leadership 3.9 Globalization 3.6 Peace 3.2 Environment 3.9
Sports 3.2 Technology 2.7 Music 3.2 Music 3.3 Business 3 Romance 3.5
Music 3.1 Community 2.7 Politics 3.2 Sustainability 3.3 Media 2.7 Health 3.1
Technology 2.8 Arts 2 Globalization 3.2 Peace 3 Health 2.5 Leadership 2.8
Top 10 issues and interests of youth by region