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This book examines how young people understand and live politics, using innovative research methods. It treats age, class, gender and ethnicity as political 'lived experiences'. It concludes that young people are alienated, rather than apathetic, and that their interests and concerns are rarely addressed within mainstream political institutions.
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'...the book offers an interesting look at traditional sociological perspectives and modern research...' - Kierra Box, Children& Young People
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DAVID MARSH is Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has published widely in the areas of British Politics and Political Sociology.
THERESE O'TOOLE is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK working in the fields of 'race'/ethnicity, political participation, youth and refugee studies. She is currently carrying out a Leverhulme Trust funded study of Political Interest and Engagement among Black and Minority Ethnic Young People.
SU JONES is a Researcher in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK working on issues of participation and social exclusion with a particular emphasis on gender.
THERESE O'TOOLE is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK working in the fields of 'race'/ethnicity, political participation, youth and refugee studies. She is currently carrying out a Leverhulme Trust funded study of Political Interest and Engagement among Black and Minority Ethnic Young People.
SU JONES is a Researcher in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK working on issues of participation and social exclusion with a particular emphasis on gender.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Young People and Politics in the UK
Book Subtitle: Apathy or Alienation?
Authors: David Marsh, Therese O’Toole, Su Jones
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625631
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00131-2Published: 28 November 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-27974-6Published: 05 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62563-1Published: 28 November 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 246
Topics: Political Sociology, Democracy, Sociology, general, Political Science