청소년 자원봉사의 정책담론에 대한 비판적 논의

초록

This paper address volunteering of youth as an important socio-cultural trend which have been generally taken for granted and not interrogated. The volunteering had been regarded as a charity which came from altruism and intimacy in community. But in the neoliberal post-welfare society, the policy discourse of youth volunteering have been changed by the state. Now, Young people have to participate voluntary activity in order to enter university or to get a job in intense competition. The field and scope of volunteering of youth have been expanded and the policy of volunteering have influenced on the life of young people. To understand the changing of volunteering policy discourse, researcher have investigated the historical and sociological contexts of policy discourses in the case of USA, British, China and Korea and have tried to interpretate it’s meanings. The main points that have constructed the policy discourses of youth volunteering, ‘service learning’, ‘citizenship’, and ‘service work’ have been discussed. Lastly, it has been discussed the possibility of alternative perspectives to learning to become active citizenship through youth volunteering.

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