Politics, protest and young people : political participation and dissent in 21st century Britain / Sarah Pickard.
Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781137577887; 9781137577870Subject(s): Youth -- Political activity -- Great Britain. -- 21st century | Youth -- Protest movements -- Great BritainGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.2350941 Online resources: Click here to access onlineItem type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | Electronic Resources (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2022-1031 |
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Introduction : from ‘apathetic youth’ to DIO politics and the ‘youthquake’ -- I. Terminology, concepts and debates in young people’s political participation -- Young people, youth and generations -- Defining and measuring political participation and young People -- The political life cycle, period effect, generational effects and the ‘youth vote’ -- Young people, citizenship and citizenship education -- II. Young people, political parties and electoral participation -- Political parties, political leaders, youth policies and young people -- Youth wings and student wings of political parties -- Young people, voter registration, voting, elections and referendums -- Young people, the voting age and votes at 16 --Young people and the 2017 general election: ‘the youthquake’ -- III. Young people and non-electoral political participation -- Trade unions, unionism and young people -- Young people and DIO politics : do-it-ourselves political participation -- Young people, protest and dissent -- Criminalisation and repression of young people’s political protest -- Conclusions.