The report highlights the urgent need for a more proactive approach to youth participation to ensure the full engagement of young people in society. It shows how the participation landscape has changed over the last decade and contains some essential recommendations on the next steps for policy makers and practitioners. Charlie McConnell, Carnegie chief executive and one of the authors of the report, said: "In a world where attitudes to young people are shaped by media stories about a feral youth, unrestrained by ASBOs, it is unsurprising that we start to think only in terms of restraint and control when it comes to young people. Adults and society at large feel divorced from young people and have forgotten how to involve them equally in discussions."
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