Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction to the Book -- Excluded Young Adults -- Youth Development -- Designing Pathways with Young Adults -- House of Joy: Community Living, Service and Social Enterprise -- Mentoring Homeless Young Adults on the Journey to Independent Living -- Building Better Communities through Music and Media -- Designing Creative Projects With Young Adults: Peace-Building in Lebanon -- Changing Society from the Inside Out: Equipping Young Leaders and Mentors -- Young Adults with Purpose in Guatemala -- Ubunye: Providing Pathways for Youth Development through the Community School -- MANA Community Mentoring: Strengthening Identity and Positive Pathways for Pacific Youth -- Conclusions -- Index.

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This book is the second in a series entitled ‘Learning and Development for a Better World’ and it explores the potential for self-directed lifelong action learning (LAL) by focusing on the design of development pathways with and for young adults. The book considers the reasons why LAL pathways are needed and draws on innovative approaches used by the Global University for Lifelong Learning (including micro enterprise, peace-building, music, sport and the creative arts) with examples from nine countries. The aim is to offer a timely response to the pressing global problem of access to learning and development for marginalized young people during the vulnerable period from their mid-teens to mid-twenties.