Youth Participation in Democratic Life [electronic resource] : Stories of Hope and Disillusion /
Cammaerts, Bart.author.
Bruter, Michael.author.
Banaji, Shakuntala.author.
Harrison, Sarah.author.
Anstead, Nick.author.
This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the participation of young people in European democratic life. The authors understand democracy broadly as both institutional politics and civic cultures, and a wide range of methods are used to analyse and assess youth participation and attitudes.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the challenge of youth participation -- Youth participation : theoretical positioning and methodology -- Participation of youth in elections : beyond youth apathy -- Youth participation in european policy-making : representation and limits to participation -- Youth participation beyond voting : volunteering and contestation -- Participation of youth in and through media : traditional and new media -- Youth participation and exclusion : towards equal treatment in public space, education and the workplace -- Concluding thoughts and tribulation.
This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the participation of young people in European democratic life. The authors understand democracy broadly as both institutional politics and civic cultures, and a wide range of methods are used to analyse and assess youth participation and attitudes.
Political sociology.
Ethnology-Europe.
Social sciences-Philosophy.
Social sciences
Sociology, general.
Political Sociology.
European Culture.
Social Theory.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.