Youth Participation in Democratic Life Stories of Hope and Disillusi
This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the participation of young people in European democratic life. The authors understand democracy broadly as both institutional politics and civic cultures, and a wide range of methods are used
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Youth Participation in Democratic Life Stories of Hope and Disillusion Bart Cammaerts, Michael Bruter, Shakuntala Banaji, Sarah Harrison and Nick Anstead London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
© Bart Cammaerts, Michael Bruter, Shakuntala Banaji, Sarah Harrison, Nick Anstead 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-54020-1
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Contents List of Tables
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
x
1
Introduction: The Challenge of Youth Participation
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2
Youth Participation: Theoretical Positioning and Methodology
17
3
Participation of Youth in Elections: Beyond Youth Apathy
49
4
Youth Participation in European Policymaking: Representation and Limits to Participation
83
5 6 7 8
Youth Participation Beyond Voting: Volunteering and Contestation
105
Participation of Youth In and Through Media: Traditional and New Media
133
Youth Participation and Exclusion: Towards Equal Treatment in Public Space, Education and the Workplace
167
Concluding Thoughts and Tribulations
197
Notes
215
References
217
Index
233
List of Tables 2.1
The sample
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2.2
Experiment invited participants by country and percentage completing questionnaire
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Stakeholder interviewees per country
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