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Citizen Youth: Culture, Activism, and Agency in a Neoliberal Era
Jacqueline Kennelly
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Description for Citizen Youth: Culture, Activism, and Agency in a Neoliberal Era
Paperback. What are the ties that bind the 'good youth citizen' and the youth activist in the 21st century? Young people are encouraged to save the world via community projects that resemble activism, yet increasingly risk arrest for public acts of dissent. This book explores the cultural dynamics of being young and politically engaged. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JNA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
What are the ties that bind the 'good youth citizen' and the youth activist in the twenty-first century? Contemporary young people are encouraged - through education and other cultural sites - to 'save the world' via community projects that resemble activism, yet increasingly risk arrest for public acts of dissent. Citizen Youth goes to the heart of these contradictions, exploring the dilemmas and cultural dynamics of being young and politically engaged. Through an ethnographic study of young people working on activist causes across the three largest urban centres in one of the wealthiest nations in the world (Toronto, Montreal, and ... Read more
What are the ties that bind the 'good youth citizen' and the youth activist in the twenty-first century? Contemporary young people are encouraged - through education and other cultural sites - to 'save the world' via community projects that resemble activism, yet increasingly risk arrest for public acts of dissent. Citizen Youth goes to the heart of these contradictions, exploring the dilemmas and cultural dynamics of being young and politically engaged. Through an ethnographic study of young people working on activist causes across the three largest urban centres in one of the wealthiest nations in the world (Toronto, Montreal, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Education, Politics and Public Life
Condition
New
Weight
269g
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137580016
SKU
V9781137580016
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Ref
99-15
About Jacqueline Kennelly
Jacqueline Joan Kennelly is Associate Professor of Sociology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
Reviews for Citizen Youth: Culture, Activism, and Agency in a Neoliberal Era
This richly theorised, fascinating study of young activists should be read by all social scientists. It reinvigorates debates on social movements and the problem of youth, whilst providing a much-needed antidote to the current pessimism about the possibilities of activism and the political engagement of young people. - Diane Reay, Professor of Education, Cambridge University