This thesis examines the continually reconfiguring response of a youth organization towards a renovation project, Järvalyftet, run by the City of Stockholm in the Million Program suburbs. By analyzing this relationship, I aim to discuss how the youth organization works to mediate inclusion in political and representational spheres. More specifically, I will discuss the intersections between Järvalyftet’s development and the claims of belonging made by the youths upon the particular suburb, Husby, where they resided. My interest lies in understanding the conjuncture and disjuncture of claims that have been made to community, locality, and local knowledge in the interaction between the youth organization and the project Järvalyftet. I argue that the forms of community instigated by the youth organization, which were based on locality and “blackness”, allowed them to position themselves as key proponents of social and political change, as well as mobilize allies in others who identified with those experiences.

Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjamas nevyriausybinių jaunimo organizacijų dalyvavimas formuojant ir įgyvendinant jaunimo politiką vietos lygmeniu: Pasvalio rajono savivaldybės atvejis. Konceptualioje dalyje analizuojama institucinė sistema, atsakinga už jaunimo politikos formavimą ir įgyvendinimą nacionaliniu ir vietos lygmeniu, nevyriausybinių jaunimo organizacijų samprata, vaidmuo viešajame valdyme ir bendradarbiavimas su savivaldybės institucijomis. Išaiškintos ir aprašytos pagrindinės nevyriausybinių jaunimo organizacijų dalyvavimo jaunimo politikos formavime ir įgyvendinime vietos lygmeniu sąlygos ir priemonės. Tiriamojoje dalyje atlikus Lietuvos teisinių dokumentų, reglamentuojančių jaunimo politiką nacionaliniu ir vietos lygmeniu analizę ir pusiau struktūrizuotą ekspertų interviu, išsiaiškintos nevyriausybinių jaunimo organizacijų dalyvavimo formuojant ir įgyvendinant jaunimo politiką Pasvalio rajono savivaldybėje galimybės bei tobulintinos sritys. Remiantis gautais rezultatais pateiktos išvados ir rekomendacijos nevyriausybinėms jaunimo organizacijoms ir Pasvalio rajono savivaldybei dėl nevyriausybinių jaunimo organizacijų įsitraukimo į jaunimo politikos formavimą ir įgyvendinimą tobulinimo. / Bachelor’s thesis analyses the participation of non-governmental youth organizations in the formation and implementation of youth policy at the local level: Pasvalys district municipality case. The conceptual part analyses institutional framework responsible for the formation and implementation of youth policy at the national and the local levels, the concept of non-governmental organizations and its role in public management and cooperation with municipal authorities. The main conditions and means of the participation of non-governmental youth organizations in the formation and implementation of youth policy at the local level have been found out and described. In the exploratory part, after having carried out analysis of the Lithuanian legal documentation regulating youth policy at the national and the local levels and semi-structured expert interview, there have been clarified possibilities and areas while improving the participation of non-governmental youth organizations in the formation and implementation of youth policy in Pasvalys district municipality. With the reference to the obtained results, conclusions and recommendations to non-governmental youth organizations and Pasvalys district municipality concerning improvement of the involvement of non-governmental youth organizations in the formation and implementation of youth policy have been submitted.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 23, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-410).

Title: Organization and management of football academies Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to create a general model for the organization and management of football academies by exploring key areas in work with youth in football club 1. FC Slovácko. The next object is to propose measures that would lead to the improvement of the conditions of preparation and education of young players in the club. Methods: The basic method in processing this thesis was "case study". I focused on a detailed examination of the case, Football academy in 1. FC Slovácko club. I used method "document analysis" and method "interview with the instructions" to collected necessary data and information relating to the football academy. Results: Using these methods I achieved goals that I had set. I created a generic model for the organization and management of football academies. I found out how works Football academy in Uherské Hradiště and I suggested measures, that could lead to the improvement of conditions and work with youth. Keywords: football, football academy, organization, children and youth

The present study focuses on the activity of the Young Communist League (Komsomol) to promote the communist project during the so-called Thaw period in the Soviet Union (1953-1964). The term ‘communist project’ describes the complex temporal triangle in which the relevance of the present was rooted in its relationship to the heroic past and the bright future. Young people were supposed to emulate the heroism of previous generations while fighting remnants of the undesired past. This was presented as a precondition for achieving the communist future. The structure of this study reflects the chronology of the communist project. It analyzes the rhetoric used by the Young Communist League to promote the communist project and explores the strategies used to mobilize youth for building communism. The first chapter focuses on the organizational structure of the Komsomol and assesses its readiness for this task. Despite attempts to strengthen horizontal communication and control, streamline administration and reorganize its structure, the Komsomol remained hierarchal and bureaucratic. The second chapter explores the promotion of past heroism in rituals, social practices and the use of public space. The third chapter is also concerned with the past; it describes the Komsomol’s fight against ‘remnants of the past’, primarily religion and deviant behaviour such as hooliganism, heavy drinking and laziness. The final chapter focuses on the Komsomol’s attempts during the Thaw to bring about the future: its efforts in the economy, moral, political and cultural education, and the realm of leisure.

This study aims to explore how the gendered allocation of tasks within political parties influences the career path for male and female politicians through a case study of the Swedish Center party. A gendered allocation of tasks has earlier been observed in the context of academia and business, where women tend to perform more tasks with low promotability and men more tasks with high promotability. According to the existing research, this contributes to the enduring work place inequality. A survey was conducted among leading politicians in the Center party to determine which tasks have high and low promotability. A parallel survey was then administered among members of the party’s youth organization to determine which tasks male and female members perform. The results show that men are significantly more interested than women in pursuing a political career and perform a significantly larger amount of tasks. The study provides no evidence that female members of the Center party youth organization in general perform more tasks with low promotability than their male colleagues, and more research is required to determine if and why that is so.

Uppsatsen syftade till att beskriva upplevelser bland individer som tidigare har medverkat i Rapatac och nuvarande medarbetare på Rapatac gällande vad ett medverkande i ungdomsorganisationen kan innebära för individernas skolsituation, sociala nätverk och hälsa. Fyra individer som har medverkat i Rapatac och två medarbetare intervjuades i en kvalitativ semistrukturerad intervjustudie. Teorier som användes i studien var den utvecklingsekologiska systemteorin och teorin om KASAM. Resultatet visade att upplevelserna av medverkandet gällande skolsituation, socialt nätverk och hälsa liknar varandra. Generellt upplevde intervjupersonerna att medverkandet i Rapatac har bidragit till positiv förändring. I vilken utsträckning individerna upplevde att medverkandet förändrade deras skolsituation, sociala nätverk och hälsa skilde sig. I relation till den tidigare forskningen inom området uppvisade studiens resultat ett flertal likheter. / The aim of the study was to describe experiences among individuals who previously have participated in Rapatac and current co-workers at Rapatac regarding what a participation in the youth organization can mean for the individuals school situation, social network and health. Four individuals who have participated in Rapatac and two co-workers were interviewed in a qualitative semi-structured interview study. Theories used in the study were the ecological systems theory and the SOC theory. The result indicated that the experiences of the participation regarding school situation, social network and health are similar to each other. In general, the interviewees experienced that the participation in Rapatac has contributed to positive change. The extent to which the individuals experienced that the participation changed their school situation, social network and health differed. In relation to previous research within the field the results of the study showed several similarities.

TITLE: Learning Organization in House of Children and Youth Conditions in Prague (region Prague) AUTHOR: Bc. Ján Rybárik DEPARTMENT: English language department / Centrum of the School Management SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Václav Trojan, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The thesis deals with the application of the theory of learning organization in terms of school facilities for leisure education - Houses of children and youth in Prague. Author builds on the thesis of 2009 which dealt with the similar theme of the Houses of children and youth and their current conditions in the Czech Republic. The thesis is based on the theoretical principles of learning organizations established especially by Peter M. Senge. The actual status of the learning organization was diagnosed by the questionnaire survey in the following areas: the organization structure (flexibility, information sharing, and teamwork); processes (management and skills knowledge, information technology); culture (leadership, learning support, and feedback - evaluation); stimulation (strategy, personal development, motivation). Author provides an analysis of the data obtained in the questionnaire research (including 117 respondents of Houses of children and youth in Prague). The survey results were consequently compared with the former results of a similar questionnaire...

The Diploma thesis focuses on youth structures that profess to the largest far-right and far-left parties representatives in the Czech Republic. In the far-right milieu it is the Worker's Party Youth, who are closely associated with the Worker's party of Social Justice. On the far-left side of the spektrum, there are formally two entities, that profess to the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia: the Communist Youth Union and the Union of Young Communists of Czechoslovakia. The aim of this thesis is to clarify the extent of real interdependence of these civic associations with a political party, and on the other side, to examine their political extremism level, both in theory and also in the terms of security forces. The thesis further explores to what extent, therefore, these entities are a real threat to the existing democratic system in the Czech Republic.