Youth and Unconventional Political Engagement

• Main Author: Pitti, Ilaria (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political sociology.; Citizenship-Sociological aspects.; Social groups.; Family.; Political Sociology.; Sociology of Citizenship.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

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 particip...

Table of Contents:

• 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. .