Finding Political Identities
Young People in a Changing Europe
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Alistair Ross | ISBN: | 9783319908755 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | July 28, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alistair Ross |
| ISBN: | 9783319908755 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | July 28, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book examines how young people in Europe construct their political identities. Based on small discussion groups with 2000 young people across 29 European states, Alistair Ross explores how 13 to 20 year olds build identities in contemporary society, creating contingent narratives of local, national and European identities with families, friends and social media. As well as exploring whatthese kaleidoscopic identities look like and the sources they draw on, it also examines *how *these accounts are assembled and integrated with each other.
The study uses deliberative discussions to allow young people to develop their own constructs and terms in conversation with each other. This analysis presents a complex polyphonic of political beliefs and values of rights, which young Europeans attach to political structures and institutions that often transcend traditional boundaries of state and nation.
*Finding Political Identities *will be of interest to postgraduate students and academics across Education, Sociology, Politics and European Studies, especially those with a focus on Social Constructionism, Citizenship, Identity Studies, Social Policy, and Youth Studies.
This book examines how young people in Europe construct their political identities. Based on small discussion groups with 2000 young people across 29 European states, Alistair Ross explores how 13 to 20 year olds build identities in contemporary society, creating contingent narratives of local, national and European identities with families, friends and social media. As well as exploring whatthese kaleidoscopic identities look like and the sources they draw on, it also examines *how *these accounts are assembled and integrated with each other.
The study uses deliberative discussions to allow young people to develop their own constructs and terms in conversation with each other. This analysis presents a complex polyphonic of political beliefs and values of rights, which young Europeans attach to political structures and institutions that often transcend traditional boundaries of state and nation.
*Finding Political Identities *will be of interest to postgraduate students and academics across Education, Sociology, Politics and European Studies, especially those with a focus on Social Constructionism, Citizenship, Identity Studies, Social Policy, and Youth Studies.
