Youth and Unconventional Political Engagement
This book analyses the relationship between youth and participation, looking specifically at those repertories of involvement that are commonly clustered under the concept of “unconventional political participation”. The author focuses on the connections
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Youth and Unconventional Political Engagement
Ilaria Pitti
Youth and Unconventional Political Engagement
Ilaria Pitti School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences Örebro University Örebro, Sweden
ISBN 978-3-319-72136-1 ISBN 978-3-319-75591-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75591-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018935688 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Pattern adapted from an Indian cotton print produced in the 19th century Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
A Nonna Fin dall’inizio e per sempre
Acknowledgements
As one of the many young scholars who daily deal with the increased competitiveness of the academic life and with the consequent need to work in an efficient, quick, and quantitatively productive way while meeting the continuous deadlines and managing the uncertainties of expiring contracts, I have spent most of my first years in academia jumping from a contract to another, from a fieldwork to another, from an article to another without having enough time to stop and reflect on what I was doing. Although in these years my “luggage” of personal experience and professional expertise has intensively grown, I believe research requires slowness. This book is my very first attempt to “slow down and take a look around”, connecting the dots between the different researches I have carried out in the last years and reflecting on some broader implications of what I have observed and studied. As any first attempt, it has been frightening and challenging, and the idea of engaging in this endeavour would have not turned
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