Youth Civic and Political Engagement / / Martyn Barrett and Dimitra Pachi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910476776503321
• Autore: Barrett Martyn D.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2019
• ISBN: 0-429-02557-2; 0-429-65537-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 166 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Adolescence and society
• Disciplina: 323/.0420835
• Soggetti: Youth - Political activity; Political participation; Service learning
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Civic and political engagement among youth: Concepts, forms and factors; Some definitions; Is there a crisis of youth civic and political engagement?; The shift towards issue-based activism; Voting remains important; The concept of the standby citizen; The factors that are related to patterns of youth civic and political engagement; Relationships between the factors that are linked to youth civic and political engagement; IntersectionalityDifferent subsets of factors are linked to the different forms of participation; Civic and political engagement always takes place within specific contexts; Conclusions; Chapter 2: Psychological factors linked to youth civic and political engagement; Political knowledge; Political attentiveness; Political interest; Political efficacy; Perceived effectiveness of participatory actions; Identities; Trust; Values; Emotions; Conclusions; Chapter 3: Social and demographic factors linked to youth civic and political engagement; Social factors; Demographic factors; Conclusions; Chapter 4: Macro contextual factors linked to youth civic and political engagementThe relevance of adults' civic and political engagement to young people's civic and political engagement; Direct evidence of the ; relationship between macro factors and youth engagement; Explaining the influence of macro factors on youth engagement; National policies on migrant integration and naturalisation; Youth policies; Voting age; The provision of youth organisations; Youth parliaments; Education policies and regulations on citizenship education; The role of the Internet and social media; The role of politicians and political partiesConclusions; Chapter 5: Theoretical integration and actions for promoting youth engagement; Integrating the findings; Actions that may be used to promote youth civic and political engagement; Conclusion; Promoting students' competences for democratic culture through formal education; Issues in the study of youth civic and political engagement requiring further research; Conclusions; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What exactly is civic and political participation? What factors influence young people's participation? How can we encourage youth to actively participate in their own democracies? Youth Civic and Political Engagement takes a multidisciplinary approach to answering these key questions, incorporating research in the fields of psychology, sociology, political science and education to explore the issues affecting youth civic and political engagement. Drawing on evidence that has been obtained in many different national contexts, and through multinational studies, this book provides a theoretical synthesis of this large and diverse body of research, using an integrative multi-level ecological model of youth engagement to do so. It identifies unresolved issues in the field and offers numerous suggestions for future research. Youth Civic and Political Engagement is an invaluable resource for researchers, teachers, youth workers, civil society activists, policymakers and politicians who wish to acquire an up-to-date understanding of the factors and processes that influence young people's civic and political engagement, and how to promote youth engagement.