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eBook details
- Title: Contemporary Youth Activism
- Author : Jerusha Conner & Sonia M. Rosen
- Release Date : January 30, 2016
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 3093 KB
Description
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.
• Presents a framework for understanding the role of youth activism in contemporary U.S. society
• Surveys the various issues, strategies, and organizational features in the field of youth activism
• Offers detailed portraits of youth responding to the pressing issues of our time, including police brutality in low-income communities of color, sexual assault on college campuses, environmental degradation caused by fracking, and the surge in unaccompanied minors coming to the United States
• Features a range of youth and adult voices, from senior scholars and rising stars in academe to youth activists and their adult allies
• Identifies lessons about how contemporary youth activism can help build a more just, inclusive, and responsive democracy
• Highlights the policy wins of youth activists and illuminates the ways in which they are shifting the political terrain while building power in their communities
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