Youth Civic and Political Engagement (Edition 1)

• Main Authors: Barrett, Martyn, Pachi, Dimitra
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 01.02.2019; Taylor and Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Adolescence and Society
• Subjects: Adolescent Development; civic processes; Civil Rights; Human Rights; macro contextual factors; migrant youth; multi-level ecological model; Political Behavior and Participation; political processes; Political Psychology; Political Science; Political Sociology; Psychology; multi-level ecological model; External Efficacy; Youth Engagement; Negative Relationship; Political Participatory Behaviour; Youth Parliaments; Van Zomeren; UK Political Party; Young People's Active Citizenship; Gdp Growth; civic processes; Conventional Political Participation; Youth Sections; Internal Efficacy; Citizenship Education; Young People's Patterns; Macro Factors; macro contextual factors; migrant youth; Open Classroom Climate; political processes; Non-conventional Political Participation; Political Attentiveness; Youth Civic; Diffuse Avoidant Style; External Political Efficacy; Political Parties; Environmental Issues; Education Systems; Conventional Political Arena
• ISBN: 9780429657818; 0429657811; 1848721617; 9781848721616; 1848721625; 9781848721623
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429025570

What exactly is civic and political participation? What factors influence young people’s participation? How can we encourage youth to actively participate in their own democracies? Youth Civic and Political Engagement takes a multidisciplinary approach to answering these key questions, incorporating research in the fields of psychology, sociology, political science and education to explore the issues affecting youth civic and political engagement. Drawing on evidence that has been obtained in many different national contexts, and through multinational studies, this book provides a theoretical synthesis of this large and diverse body of research, using an integrative multi-level ecological model of youth engagement to do so. It identifies unresolved issues in the field and offers numerous suggestions for future research.Youth Civic and Political Engagement is an invaluable resource for researchers, teachers, youth workers, civil society activists, policymakers and politicians who wish to acquire an up-to-date understanding of the factors and processes that influence young people’s civic and political engagement, and how to promote youth engagement.