Author : J. Kennelly
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230119611
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis Citizen Youth by : J. Kennelly
Download or read book Citizen Youth written by J. Kennelly and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-07-04 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.