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Youth and Politics in Times of Increasing Inequalities

Edited by Marco Giugni, Edited by Maria Grasso

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Young people are very often the driving forces of political participation that aims to change societies and political systems. Rather than being depoliticized, young people in different national contexts are giving rise to alternative politics. Drawing on original survey data collected in 2018, this edited volume provides a detailed analysis of youth participation in nine European countries by focusing on socialization processes, different modes of participation and the mobilization of youth politics.Â ""This volume is an indispensable guide to understanding young Europeanâ€™s experience and engagement of politics, the inequalities that shape young peopleâ€™s political engagement and are sometimes replicated through them, and young peopleâ€™s commitment to saving the environment and spreading democratic ideals. Based on compelling and extensive research across nine nations, this volume makes important advances in key debates on youth politics and provides critical empirical insights into which young people engage, influences on young peopleâ€™s politics, how young people engage, why some young people donâ€™t engage, and trends across nations. The volume succeeds in the herculean task of focusing on specific national contexts while also rendering a comprehensive picture of youth politics and inequality in Europe today."" â€”Jennifer Earl, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona, USAÂ ""Forecasts by social scientists of young peopleâ€™s increasingly apathetic stance towards political participation appear to have been misplaced. This text, drawing data and analysis across and between nine European countries, captures the changing nature of political â€˜activismâ€™ by young people.Â It indicates how this is strongly nuanced by factors such as social class and gender identity.Â It also highlights important distinctions between young peopleâ€™s approaches towards more traditional (electoral) and more contemporary (non-institutional) forms of participation. Critically, it illuminates the many ways in which youth political participation has evolved and transformed in recent years.Â Wider social circumstances and experiences are identified as highly significant in preparing young people for, and influencing their levels of participation in, both protest-oriented action and electoral politics."" â€”Howard Williamson, Professor of European Youth Policy, University of South Wales, UKÂ ""This book is an incredible guide to understanding the role and sources of inequalities on young peopleâ€™s political involvement. Country specific chapters allow the authors to integrate a large number of the key and most pressing issues regarding young peopleâ€™s relationship to politics in a single volume. Topics range from social mobility and the influence of socioeconomic (parental) resources and class; young peopleâ€™s practice in the social sphere; the intersection of gender with other sources of inequalities; online participation and its relationship with social inequalities; the impact of harsh economic conditions; the mobilization potential of the environmental cause; to the role of political organizations. Integrating all these pressing dimensions in a common framework and accompanying it with extensive novel empirical evidence is a great achievement and the result is a must read piece for researchers and practitioners aiming to understand the challenges young people face in developing their relationship to politics."" â€”Gema GarcÃa-Albacete, Associate Professor of Political Science, University Carlos III Madrid, Spain