Abstract
ABSTRACT In recent years, a new social phenomenon in youth participation has emerged in the Spanish Basque Country: the self-managed youth spaces known as lonjas (translated here as ‘clubs’), which are currently very much in the public eye and have become an issue for youth policy in the region. In this article, we present a study describing the scope of the phenomenon in the Province of Bizkaia (Spain); explaining the possibilities for growth, empowerment, socialization, and socio-educational intervention in these self-managed youth spaces; and outlining best practices in this area. We adopted a mixed-methodology approach combining quantitative and qualitative methods which enabled us to describe the clubs; show the types of learning occurring in them; analyze the views of young people, educators, local government, the media, and the community towards this phenomenon; and lastly suggest some key methodological principles for socio-educational intervention in the context.
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