The fallacy of youth participation. A critical look at the speech of the youth participation in Colombia

Youth participation has been presented as one of the new contributions within the speech of institutional offer towards young people. Nevertheless, this speech does not recognize the universe which gives significance to this population, promoting a rupture between participation and social mobilizati...

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Main Author:	Moreno-Huertas, Néstor
Format:	Online
Language:	spa
Published:	Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2016
Subjects:	Youth participation human rights young heir young youth social mobilization. Participación juvenil derechos humanos joven heredero joven juventud movilización social.
Online Access:	https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/derecho_realidad/article/view/7829

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Summary:	Youth participation has been presented as one of the new contributions within the speech of institutional offer towards young people. Nevertheless, this speech does not recognize the universe which gives significance to this population, promoting a rupture between participation and social mobilization.This situation enables a distancing between population and institutions which intend to promote youth participation. The rupture has its roots on the lack of interest of these institutions for including in a real way youth population in the political agenda.