Securitizing Youth: Young People’s Roles in the Global Peace and Security Agenda

Published by Rutgers University Press 2021

Securitizing Youth

Young People’s Roles in the Global Peace and Security Agenda

Edited by: Marisa O. Ensor
With contributions by: Nasrat Khalid , Valeria Izzi , Victoria Bishop , Carole MacNeil , Ali Altiok , Willice Onyango , Grace Atuhaire , Jeni Klugman , Matthew Moore and Diana Budur

https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978822412

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About this book

Securitizing Youth offers new insights on young people’s engagement in a wide range of contexts related to the peace and security field. It presents empirical findings on the challenges and opportunities faced by young women and men in their efforts to build more peaceful, inclusive, and environmentally secure societies. The chapters included in this edited volume examine the diversity and complexity of young people’s engagement for peace and security in different countries across the globe and in different types and phases of conflict and violence, including both conflict-affected and relatively peaceful societies. Chapter contributors, young peacebuilders, and seasoned scholars and practitioners alike propose ways to support youth’s agency and facilitate their meaningful participation in decision-making. The chapters are organized around five broad thematic issues that correspond to the 5 Pillars of Action identified by UN Security Council Resolution 2250. Lessons learned are intended to inform the global youth, peace, and security agenda so that it better responds to on-the-ground realities, hence promoting more sustainable and inclusive approaches to long-lasting peace.

Author / Editor information

MARISA O. ENSOR is a gender and youth specialist with a background in the human dimensions of disasters, environmental change, conflict, displacement and security. She is currently based at Georgetown University’s Justice and Peace Studies Program.

Reviews

"Anyone interested in understanding youth as a demographic dividend will find this book fascinating. Securitizing Youth provides an excellent overview of key issues raised by the UN’s policy focus on youth that is detailed, informative and accessible. The chapters provide keen insights into important topics ranging from youth engagement in mediating local conflicts to addressing climate change and their role in transitional justice. Marisa Ensor has made a significant contribution to this field of study."

— Melanne Verveer, Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security, and former US Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues

"Today’s super-youthful world features a dispiriting irony: young people at the center of much policy discussion usually are unable to make their own case. Fortunately, the contributors in this important book collectively contrast current policy confusions with dynamic youth on the ground. The result is a timely, foundational book. Strongly recommended."

— Marc Sommers, author of The Outcast Majority: War, Development, and Youth in Africa

"Anyone interested in understanding youth as a demographic dividend will find this book fascinating. Securitizing Youth provides an excellent overview of key issues raised by the UN’s policy focus on youth that is detailed, informative and accessible. The chapters provide keen insights into important topics ranging from youth engagement in mediating local conflicts to addressing climate change and their role in transitional justice. Marisa Ensor has made a significant contribution to this field of study."

— Melanne Verveer, Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security, and former US Ambassador for Global Wome

"Today’s super-youthful world features a dispiriting irony: young people at the center of much policy discussion usually are unable to make their own case. Fortunately, the contributors in this important book collectively contrast current policy confusions with dynamic youth on the ground. The result is a timely, foundational book. Strongly recommended."

— Marc Sommers, author of The Outcast Majority: War, Development, and Youth in Africa

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Marisa O. Ensor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I Participation
Peace by, for, or with Youth? How a PYD Lens Enhances Our View of Young People’s Role in Peacebuilding Carole MacNeil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2 And Then They Came for Me Youth’s Role in Mediating for Peace in Kibera, Kenya Grace Atuhaire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
PART II Protection
3 Protecting Marginalized Youths Romani Children and Formal Education Diana Budur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
4 Squeezed Agency Youth Resistance to the Securitization of Peacebuilding Ali Altiok Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
PART III Prevention
5 Lost in Translation? Youth Employment and Peacebuilding—from Policy to Programs Valeria Izzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
6 Community Ties, Training, and Technology A More Effective Framework for Peace, Security, and Development for Afghan Youth Nasrat Khalid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
PART IV Partnerships
7 Climate Change, Environmental Action, and the Youth, Peace, and Security Agenda Global Policies, Local Efforts Marisa O. Ensor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
8 Putting Youth on the Agenda Intersections with the Women, Peace, and Security Framework Jeni Klugman and Matthew Moore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
PART V Disengagement and Reintegration
9 Securitized Youth, Transitional Justice, and the Politics of Disengagement in Rwanda 173 Victoria R. Bishop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
10 Digital Media as the Next Frontier for Fighting Violent Extremism among Youth? Willice Onyango Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Conclusions Securitizing Youth—Lessons Learned Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 244
Illustrations
- Other: 10 tables
Keywords: peace; youth; young people; national security; violent conflict; conflict; United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250; United Nations; UN; 2015; human security; environmentally secure

eBook

Published: April 23, 2021
ISBN: 9781978822412