Young People's Civic Identity in the Digital Age
‘This book is a rich, nuanced, and thoughtful study of how American youth develop their civic values and capacities in the age of social media.’–Peter Levine, Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University, USA ‘This thought-provoking book provides co
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Young People’s Civic Identity in the Digital Age Julianne K. Viola
Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics Series Editors James Sloam Department of Politics and International Relations Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, UK Constance Flanagan School of Human Ecology University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI, USA Bronwyn Hayward School of Social and Political Sciences University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand
Over the past few decades, many democracies have experienced low or falling voter turnout and a sharp decline in the members of mainstream political parties. These trends are most striking amongst young people, who have become alienated from mainstream electoral politics in many countries across the world. Young people are today faced by a particularly tough environment. From worsening levels of child poverty, to large increases in youth unemployment, to cuts in youth services and education budgets, public policy responses to the financial crisis have placed a disproportionate burden on the young. This book series will provide an in-depth investigation of the changing nature of youth civic and political engagement. We particularly welcome contributions looking at: • Youth political participation: for example, voting, demonstrations, and consumer politics • The engagement of young people in civic and political institutions, such as political parties, NGOs and new social movements • The influence of technology, the news media and social media on young people’s politics • How democratic innovations, such as social institutions, electoral reform, civic education, can rejuvenate democracy • The civic and political development of young people during their transition from childhood to adulthood (political socialisation) • Young people’s diverse civic and political identities, as defined by issues of gender, class and ethnicity • Key themes in public policy affecting younger citizens – e.g. youth (un)employment and education • Cross-cutting themes such as intergenerational inequality, social mobility, and participation in policy-making – e.g. school councils, youth parliaments and youth wings of political parties The series will incorporate a mixture of pivot publications (25,000-50,000 words), full-length monographs and edited volumes that will analyse these issues within individual countries, comparatively, and/ or through the lenses of different case studies. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/15478
Julianne K. Viola
Young People’s Civic Identity in the Digital Age
Julianne K. Viola Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship Imperial College London London, UK
Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics ISBN 978-3-030-37404-4 ISBN 978-3-030-37405-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37405-1 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part
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