Young People as social actors: Empowering youth to address bad governance and corruption and corruption in Africa

Chiroma, Nathan

Young People as social actors: Empowering youth to address bad governance and corruption and corruption in Africa

dc.contributor.author	Chiroma, Nathan
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-29T11:20:16Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-24T13:41:43Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-29T11:20:16Z
dc.date.issued	2019-08-01
dc.description	Book chapter	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Social change could be defined as the process of shifting attitudes, values, and actions to address social problems in a positive way. Today's youth have both the power and the potential to change the world positively. Social change led by young people have proven to have a lasting impact (Andy&Canmel2006). Conventionally, the youth in Africa have been asked to keep away from politics and governance. It is, however, the case that good governance and the fight against corruption are realistic with youth empowerment. Deo1ographically, Africa is the most youthful continent: it has more children and young people than any other continent in the world. This chapter focuses on how we can empower young people in the fight against corruption and bad governance in Africa. The chapter argues that young people, if properly empowered, will play a central role in combating the threats and challenges posed by bad governance and corruption in most African countries. It further argues for the role of the youth in nation-building as a crucial element to good governance and a corruption-free society. Young people have been proven to be problem solvers, to have a positive influence on their peers and the nation, and are extremely ambitious. They have the ability to create an identity for themselves and move the nation forward. However, one thing is still missing: proper empowerment that will propel them to become the social actors they ought to be in the fight against corruption and bad governance	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	PAC University
dc.identifier.citation	Chiroma, N. (2019). Young people as social actors: Empowering youth to address bad governance and corruption in Africa. In S B. Agang, P. Pilley & C. Jones (Eds.). A MultiDimensional Perspective on Corruption in Africa: Wealth, power, religion and democracy (pp. 158-175). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
dc.identifier.isbn	152723748X
dc.identifier.isbn	9781527537484
dc.identifier.uri	https://repo.pacuniversity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3362.2
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Cambridge Scholars Publishing	en_US
dc.subject	Civic responsibility	en_US
dc.subject	corruption	en_US
dc.subject	Governance	en_US
dc.subject	social actors	en_US
dc.subject	social change transformation	en_US
dc.subject	young people	en_US
dc.title	Young People as social actors: Empowering youth to address bad governance and corruption and corruption in Africa	en_US
dc.type	Book chapter