Participation for All: A Youth Parliament Handbook

Offers a one-stop guide to participating in youth parliaments. Describes the role of youth assemblies in the contemporary world and offers complete directions on how to organize model youth parliaments as a competitive academic exercise similar to model United Nations. The primary focus of the book is a concise, step-by-step guide to the procedural rules that govern participation in youth parliaments. Discusses the principles and basic concepts underlying the procedures, and in clear, easy to understand prose describes the specific procedures - debates, motions, amendments, formation of committees, votes, etc. - central to the workings of these assemblies. Extensive appendixes offer help on encouraging quality debate, gaining recognition for the assembly, dealing with motions, and crafting resolutions, declarations and amendments.