Overview
- Contributes to scholarly fields such as identities, European citizenship and social constructionism
- Uses a diverse, cross-national data set and longitudinal analysis
- Offers a wide range of significant theoretical possibilities across a group of related disciplinary areas
Part of the book series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series (CAL)
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This book examines how young people in Europe construct their political identities. Based on small discussion groups with 2000 young people across 29 European states, Alistair Ross explores how 13 to 20 year olds build identities in contemporary society, creating contingent narratives of local, national and European identities with families, friends and social media. As well as exploring what these kaleidoscopic identities look like and the sources they draw on, it also examines how these accounts are assembled and integrated with each other.
The study uses deliberative discussions to allow young people to develop their own constructs and terms in conversation with each other. This analysis presents a complex polyphonic of political beliefs and values of rights, which young Europeans attach to political structures and institutions that often transcend traditional boundaries of state and nation.
Finding Political Identities will be of interest to postgraduate students and academics across Education, Sociology, Politics and European Studies, especially those with a focus on Social Constructionism, Citizenship, Identity Studies, Social Policy, and Youth Studies.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Reviews
“This timely book is the result of a research project supported by the European Commission … . it is another call for attention to the importance of rethinking citizenship education in schools; and yet another reason to read this book for those scholars concerned about the democratic future of Europe.” (Marta Estellés, Education Review, March 6, 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Alistair Ross is Emeritus Professor of Education, London Metropolitan University. He was awarded a Jean Monnet personal chair in Citizenship Education in Europe by the European Commission in 2009.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Finding Political Identities
Book Subtitle: Young People in a Changing Europe
Authors: Alistair Ross
Series Title: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90875-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90874-8Published: 09 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08120-1Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90875-5Published: 28 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2947-6100
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 366
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Sociology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, European Politics, Self and Identity