Politics, Citizenship And Rights
by Kirsi Pauliina Kallio /
2013 / English / PDF
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Editors: Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina, Mills, Sarah, Skelton, Tracey (Eds.)
Speaks to a broad audience including geographers, sociologists, demographers, social workers, policy makers & development agencies
Explores global shifting (geo)political landscapes through the work of authoritative authors and editors
Constitutes part of a large reference work on childrens and young peoples geographies
Supports easy access to information through structured explanations with supporting illustrative material
About this Reference Work
This volume explores the political geographies of children and young people and aims to cement this research area within human geography and beyond. Indeed, the policies that specifically target young individuals and groups, and the politics in the everyday lives of children and youth across all scalar dimensions deserve broad attention. The book is structured in four sections with specific focus on the spatialities of the rights of the child, children and young peoples agency in politics, youthful practice as political resistance, and active youth citizenship. In the 28 chapters, a total of 43 authors based in 14 different countries explicate how issues of youthful citizenship, childrens rights, and children and young people's political agencies cross disciplinary, methodological and theoretical boundaries, with notable geographical variation. Particular attention falls on children and young peoples active roles in different kinds of political situations, environments, processes, and practices. The volume also emphasises that there is scope for future research, not least because of the shifting (geo)political landscapes across the globe.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
4 illus., 14 in colour
Topics
Human Geography
Childhood, Adolescence and Society
Sociological Theory
