%0 Journal Article %T J¨®venes Chilenos y sudamericanos: Demandas, aspiraciones y Pol¨ªticas de Juventud %A D¨¢vila Le¨®n %A Oscar %J Ultima d¨¦cada %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-22362009000200009 %X on the basis of a comparative study on regional south american youth, their state of petitions and public politics of youth, presents methodological and analytical dimensions to the case of chilean youth, establishing the possible relationships between these main topics. the purpose of the study was designed to match the imaginative ways in which cognitive maps of different routes with young players and build up a proper public policy to the experiences and transitions of the young of today. we conclude that it must be youth policy that meets the needs, interests and especially time of youth, making distinctions between elaborated maps and youth itineraries, where the youth policy should be a third element and acts as a mediator. %K south american youth %K regional integration %K youth petitions. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-22362009000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en