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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300601703321

Autore

Pitti Ilaria

Titolo

Youth and Unconventional Political Engagement [[electronic resource] /] / by Ilaria Pitti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-75591-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 130 pages)

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Political sociology

Citizenship—Sociological aspects

Social groups

Family

Political Sociology

Sociology of Citizenship

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Unconventional Political Participation: An Overview -- 3. Young People and Unconventional Political Engagement -- 4. “What do We Want? We Want Everything!”: Young Swedish Activists and the “Union of Citizens” -- 5. “If Not Now, When?”: Young Italian Activists and the Occupied Social Centre -- 6. “We Will Never Be What You Want Us to Be”: Young Football Fans and the Ultras Centre -- 7. Unconventional is the New Conventional? Conclusive Reflections. .

Sommario/riassunto

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 scholars across a range of disciplines, including youth studies, political science, and sociology. .