Full Description
Radical Futures? Youth, Politics and Activism in Contemporary Europe features a collection of articles originating from MYPLACE (Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement), which has mapped the relationship between political heritage, forms and levels of civic and political engagement of young people in Europe, and their potential receptivity to radical and populist political agendas.Explores the meanings of activism among young people engaged in a range of organisations and movementsDraws on new primary data sets from 14 countries collected under a common research design by the authorsChallenges claims of rising apathy among young people as well as counter-claims that their participation has simply shifted to informal activitiesMakes critical interventions into theory underpinning the fields of youth studies, democratic theory and participation, memory studies, and far right studies
Contents
Acknowledgements vii Series editor s acknowledgements viii Politics are bollocks : youth, politics and activism in contemporary Europe 1 Hilary Pilkington and Gary Pollock Part One: Footprints: political heritage and political socialization Making sense of the difficult past: transmission of political heritage and memory-work among young people across Europe 36 Anton Popov and Du an DeakMemory transmission and political socialization in post-socialist Hungary 53 Domonkos Sik Political discussions with family and friends: exploring the impact of political distance 72 Klaus Levinsen and Carsten Yndigegn Part Two: The end of politics? Rethinking youth activism Youth participation in context: the impact of youth transition regimes on political action strategies in Europe 92 Roger Soler-i-Marti and Mariona Ferrer-Fons Two worlds of participation: young people and politics in Germany 118 Britta Busse, Alexandra Hashem-Wangler and Jochen Tholen Populism, ideology and contradiction: mapping young people s political views 141 Gary Pollock, Tom Brock and Mark Ellison The madness that is the world: young activists emotional reasoning and their participation in a local Occupy movement 167 Phil Mizen Part Three: A turn to the radical right? Support for far right ideology and anti-migrant attitudes among youth in Europe: A comparative analysis 183 Inta Mieri?a and Ilze Koro?eva Loud and proud : youth and the politics of silencing 206 Robert Grimm and Hilary Pilkington Golden Dawn, austerity and young people: the rise of fascist extremism among young people in contemporary Greek society 231 Alexandra Koronaiou, Evangelos Lagos, Alexandros Sakellariou, Stelios Kymionis and Irini Chiotaki-Poulou Notes on contributors 250 Index 257
