Youth Participation and Democracy
Cultures of Doing Society
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
How do young people participate in democratic societies? This book introduces the concept of 'doing society' as a new theory of political action. Focused on Finnish youth, it innovatively blends cutting-edge empirical research with agenda-setting theoretical development. Redefining political action, the authors expand beyond traditional public-sphere, scaling from formal to informal and unconventional modes of engaging.
The book captures diverse engagement from memes to social movements, from participatory budgeting to street parties and from sleek politicians to detached people in the margins. In doing so, it provides a holistic view of the ways in which young people participate (or do not participate) in society, and their role in cultural change.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: Doing Society
- 2 Institutional Participation: Youth Councils and Participatory Budgeting Fostering Better Citizens
- 3 Aspiring Politicians: From Amateur Engagements to Problem Solving
- 4 Voicing Ideas: Participation through E-democracy
- 5 Imagining Alone: The Necessity of the Atomized Self among Stigmatized Youth
- 6 Online Transgressions: Imageboards and Cultural Practices of Anonymous Citizenship
- 7 Street Party: Urban Individualism and the Culture of Commitment
- 8 Reluctant Rebels: The New Climate Movement and the Individual Activists
- 9 Conclusions: Cultures of Doing Society
- Notes
- Index