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Young People and Politics in the UK
Apathy or Alienation?
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The Government and public debates tend to see young people as politically apathetic free-riders, taking the benefits of citizenship without voting. In this context, apathy is seen as an outcome of low political literacy or as resolvable through technocratic reforms of voting procedures. Thus, the Government aims to encourage participation by introducing compulsory citizenship lessons in schools and making voting easier. This book critically engages with these views, asking how young people themselves understand and live politics. Using an innovative methodology, it argues that young people live age, class, gender and ethnicity in ways that are political. Based on this broader understanding of politics, it concludes that young people are not apathetic but feel their interests and concerns are not addressed by politicians. Indeed, they are highly sensitive towards the limited nature of their political citizenship and this plays a key role in their disinclination to participate in mainstream politics.
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Palgrave Macmillan; November 2006
255 pages; ISBN 9780230625631
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255 pages; ISBN 9780230625631
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Subject categories
- Academic > Sociology > The Family. Marriage. Women > The family. Marriage. Home > Young men and women
- Academic > Political Science > Political science (General) > Societies
- Social Science > Anthropology > Cultural
- Political Science > Practical Politics
- Political Science > Elections
- Political Science > Democracy
- Social Science > Sociology
- Family & Relationships > Teenagers
ISBNs
0230625630
9780230001312
9780230625631

