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Contemporary Youth Activism: Advancing Social Justice in the United States

Contemporary Youth Activism: Advancing Social Justice in the United States

Conner, Jerusha
Rosen, Sonia M.

Hardcover

General Political Science

ISBN10: 1440842124
ISBN13: 9781440842122
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Sep 26 2016
Pages: 448
Weight: 2.00
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

A cutting-edge study showcases the emergence of contemporary youth activism in the United States, its benefits to young people, its role in strengthening society, and its powerful social justice implications.

At a time when youth are too often dismissed as either empowered consumers or disempowered deviants, it is vital to understand how these young people are pushing back, challenging such constructions, and advancing new possibilities for their institutions and themselves. This book examines the latest developments in the field of contemporary youth activism (CYA) and documents the myriad ways in which youth activists are effecting social change, even as they experience personal change. By taking public, political action on a range of intersecting issues, youth activists are shifting their own developmental pathways, shaping public policy, and shaking up traditional paradigms.

Section one of the book offers a historical perspective on youth activism in the United States, followed by a discussion of contemporary examples of CYA for social justice. The second and third sections analyze the individual, institutional, and ideological effects of CYA, arguing that youth activism works to promote change at three levels: self, systems, and in the broader society. Readers will come away with a clearer understanding of the many ways in which today's youth activists are working to reimagine and remake American democracy, reawakening the promise of a multi-issue, progressive movement for social justice.

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