Overview
- Innovative qualitative methods mean that the book could also be a text for qualitative methods courses across a variety of social science disciplines
- Offers an analysis of critique of contemporary youth and social structures in the current political climate
- Case studies in Canada are conscientiously applied for a broader context
- Utilizes latest theories and methodologies
Part of the book series: Education, Politics and Public Life (EPPL)
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What are the ties that bind the 'good youth citizen' and the youth activist in the twenty-first century? Contemporary young people are encouraged - through education and other cultural sites - to 'save the world' via community projects that resemble activism, yet increasingly risk arrest for public acts of dissent. Citizen Youth goes to the heart of these contradictions, exploring the dilemmas and cultural dynamics of being young and politically engaged. Through an ethnographic study of young people working on activist causes across the three largest urban centres in one of the wealthiest nations in the world (Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, Canada), this book draws on Bourdieusian cultural sociology, feminist theories of agency, phenomenology, and political theories of the state and neoliberalism to understand what it means to be a certain kind of youth citizen in the twenty-first century. Accessibly written yet theoretically engaged, the book will be of interest to individuals both within academia and in the wider world of social movements and youth engagement.
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Reviews
"This richly theorised, fascinating study of young activists should be read by all social scientists. It reinvigorates debates on social movements and the problem of youth, whilst providing a much-needed antidote to the current pessimism about the possibilities of activism and the political engagement of young people." - Diane Reay, Professor of Education, Cambridge University
"This richly theorised, fascinating study of young activists should be read by all social scientists. It reinvigorates debates on social movements and the problem of youth, whilst providing a much-needed antidote to the current pessimism about the possibilities of activism and the political engagement of young people." - Diane Reay, Professor of Education, Cambridge University
About the author
Jacqueline Joan Kennelly is Associate Professor of Sociology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Citizen Youth
Book Subtitle: Culture, Activism, and Agency in a Neoliberal Era
Authors: Jacqueline Kennelly
Series Title: Education, Politics and Public Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119611
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Education Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10668-0Published: 13 June 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58001-6Published: 13 June 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11961-1Published: 04 July 2011
Series ISSN: 2945-7858
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7866
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 194
Topics: Administration, Organization and Leadership, Sociology of Education, Philosophy of Education