Teenage citizens [[electronic resource] ] : the political theories of the young / / Constance A. Flanagan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786001503321
• Autore: Flanagan Constance A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0-674-07072-0; 0-674-06723-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 pages ) : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 303.48/4
• Soggetti: Teenagers - Political activity; Youth - Political activity; Citizenship; Political sociology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Adolescents' theories of the social contract -- Teens from different social orders -- We, the people -- Democracy -- Laws and public health -- Inequality -- Trust -- Community service.
• Sommario/riassunto: Too young to vote or pay taxes, teenagers are off the radar of most political scientists. Teenage Citizens looks beyond the electoral game to consider the question of how this overlooked segment of our citizenry understands political topics. Bridging psychology and political science, Constance Flanagan argues that civic identities form during adolescence and are rooted in teens' everyday lives-in their experiences as members of schools and community-based organizations and in their exercise of voice, collective action, and responsibility in those settings. This is the phase of life when political ideas are born. Through voices from a wide range of social classes and ethnic backgrounds in the United States and five other countries, we learn how teenagers form ideas about democracy, inequality, laws, ethnic identity, the social contract, and the ties that bind members of a polity together. Flanagan's twenty-five years of research show how teens' personal and family values accord with their political views. When their families emphasize social responsibility-for people in need and ; for the common good-and perform service to the community, teens' ideas about democracy and the social contract highlight principles of tolerance, social inclusion, and equality. When families discount social responsibility relative to other values, teens' ideas about democracy focus on their rights as individuals. At a time when opportunities for youth are shrinking, Constance Flanagan helps us understand how young people come to envisage the world of politics and civic engagement, and how their own political identities take form.

Alexander histories and Iranian reflections : remnants of propaganda and resistance / / Parivash Jamzadeh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785605203321
• Autore: Jamzadeh Parivash
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-57897-2; 9786613891426; 90-04-21752-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 193 pages)
• Collana: Studies in Persian cultural history, , 2210-3554 ; ; v. 3
• Disciplina: 935/.7062
• Soggetti: Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C Campaigns Iran; Iran History Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C Historiography; Iran History Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C Propaganda; Iran History Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C Religious aspects; Iran History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- I The Plight of the Achaemenid Royal Women -- II Darius’ Letters to Alexander and the Responses: Ideology of Conquest in Retrospect -- III The Campaign for Persia in Iranian and Zoroastrian Lights -- IV Darius’ Last Days and Counter-Propagandas -- V Bessus’ Fate -- VI Alexander’s Persian Attire -- VII Reflections from Darius I’s Rhetoric -- VIII Zoroastrian Echoes in Alexander Histories -- IX Iranian Echoes in Mutiny’s Accounts -- X ; Alexander’s Final Days and Iranian Reflections -- XI Alexander’s Entombment and Iranian Echoes -- XII The Plight of Alexander’s Family -- XIII Reverence for the Fravashī of Alexander -- XIV Testimony of Zoroastrian Sources -- XV Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Alexander the Great’s military campaign to conquer the Achaemenid empire included a propaganda campaign to convince the Iranians his kingship was compatible with their religious and cultural norms. This campaign proved so successful that the overt display of Alexander’s Iranian and Zoroastrian preferences alienated some of his Greek and Macedonian allies. Parivash Jamzadeh shows how this original propaganda material displayed multiple layers of Iranian influences. Additionally she demonstrates that the studied sources do not always offer an accurate account of the contemporary Iranian customs, and occasionally included historical inaccuracies. One of the most interesting finds in this study is the confusion of historical sources that arose between the opponents Darius III and Alexander. Jamzadeh argues that the Iranian propaganda regarding Alexander the Great has contributed to this confusion.