Youth civic engagement and local peacebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa: prospects and challenges for community development

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Introducing challenges to youth civic engagement and local peacebuilding -- Chapter 2 Youth engagement in local peacebuilding in the Gaza Strip -- Chapter 3 COVID-19, youth, and the engineered social movements in Iran -- Chapter 4 Youth virtual activism in Morocco: The case fact-checkers -- Chapter 5 Challenges to youth civic engagement and community development in Syria -- Chapter 6 Young people, "child soldiers," in the post-conflict phase: Peacebuilding challenges -- Chapter 7 Young women's involvement in the Yemeni conflict: New roles in a changing environment -- Chapter 8 Youth engagement: From uprising to fragile political transition in Yemen -- Chapter 9 Youth in post-conflict reconstruction: The case of the Gaza Strip -- Conclusion: Young people's future direction and engagement -- Index.

"This book investigates the ways in which young people engage with and contribute to civil society, community development and local peacebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa. Youth engagement and contribution to civil society and local peacebuilding can play a crucial role in development, however there is often a lack of effective engagement, policies and opportunities for young people in policy and practice. This book analyses their experiences of civic engagement and community participation and the challenges they face, across diverse areas including youth empowerment, freedom of expression, mobilisation, ideologies, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Drawing on cases from Yemen, Syria, Iran, Morocco and the Palestinian Territories, this book offers new insights on how youth are not only are shaped by, but also react to policies, conflict and constraints and challenges. The insights drawn from this interdisciplinary collection will be of interest to researchers of civil society, youth, peacebuilding and development, as well as to policymakers, donors, and NGO staff"--