Unruly kids? Conceptualizing and defending youth disobedience

• Published in: European journal of political theory Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 466 - 490
• Main Author: Mattheis, Nikolas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2022; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Adults; Children; Civil disobedience; Political participation; Youth; school strikes; civil disobedience; Fridays for Future; Children; democratic participation; resistance; youth

Taking the ‘Fridays for Future’ movement as its starting point, this article conceptualizes and defends youth disobedience, understood as principled disobedience by legal minors. The article first argues that the school strike for climate can be viewed as civil disobedience. Then, the article distin...