Overview
- Forges theoretical links, through empirical illustrations, between the changing and changed social condition of young people in Europe and their actions through ‘unconventional participation’
- Presents material from participant observation and biographical interviews
- Addresses employment difficulties, problems of access to housing, and social marginalisation
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About this book
This book analyses the relationship between youth and participation, looking specifically at those repertories of involvement that are commonly clustered under the concept of “unconventional political participation”. The author focuses on the connections between youth practices of participation and youth conditions in contemporary society. Drawing from the analysis of three ethnographic case studies conducted on experiences of youth participation in Italy and Sweden, the circumstances and the reasons leading young people to express their political ideas through forms of engagement located outside the realm of “formal politics” are explored. The book seeks to bring back the specificities of contemporary youth at the centre of the analysis of youth practices of participation, highlighting their often overlooked socio-historical and generational ‘situatedness’.
Youth and Unconventional Political Engagement will be of interest students and scholarsacross a range of disciplines, including youth studies, political science, and sociology.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Youth and Unconventional Political Engagement
Authors: Ilaria Pitti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75591-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72136-1Published: 26 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75591-5Published: 30 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 130
Topics: Political Sociology, Sociology of Citizenship, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging