Young People and Politics in the UK

Apathy or Alienation?
2007. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-27974-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marsh, D.

O´Toole, T.

Jones, S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Study of Political Participation The Context and Consequence of Political Participation Methodology The Politics of Youth Class as a Lived Experience Gender and Participation Young People and the Politics of 'Race', Ethnicity and Identity Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

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.