Making-Up People: Youth, Truth and Politics – PDF

This eBook Making-Up People: Youth, Truth and Politics (PDF)

is focused on the subject of modern politics and its relationship with young people. In this book, Judith Bessant challenges existing misconceptions about the political engagement of children and young people. Bessant argues that there is a significant disparity between the way young people and politics are typically discussed and the reality of their political involvement.

Bessant draws on relational historical sociology to demonstrate how, throughout history, various dynamics, political interests, and social imaginaries have shaped the perception and portrayal of young people. These representations have often depicted young people as intellectually immature, lacking experience, morally underdeveloped, and incapable of making informed decisions. As a result, they have been deemed unfit for serious political participation. Paradoxically, young people are also criticized by older generations for their perceived political apathy and disengagement.

Contrary to popular belief, recent global movements addressing issues such as climate change, which have been largely driven by younger activists, are not a new phenomenon. Young people have been at the forefront of political movements since the days of the French Revolution. In the last few decades, children and young people have played a significant, albeit sometimes overlooked, role in civil rights, anti-war, anti-globalization, anti-austerity, and global warming movements.

This eBook provides accessible insights into the historical and theoretical aspects of youth and politics, making it relevant to sociologists, historians, scholars in youth studies, political scientists, and general readers alike.

ISBNs: 978-0367276300, 978-1000317602, 978-0367276294, 978-0429296970

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