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Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality (Hardcover)
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Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality (Hardcover)
Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology
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Winner, 2016 Best Authored Book presented by the Society for
Research on Adolescence Diverse case studies on how youth build
political power during an era of racial and educational inequality
in America This is what democracy looks like: Youth organizers in
Colorado negotiate new school discipline policies to end the school
to jail track. Latino and African American students march to
district headquarters to protest high school closure. Young
immigration rights activists persuade state legislators to pass a
bill to make in-state tuition available to undocumented state
residents. Students in an ESL class collect survey data revealing
the prevalence of racism and xenophobia. These examples, based on
ten years of research by youth development scholar Ben Kirshner,
show young people building political power during an era of racial
inequality, diminished educational opportunity, and an atrophied
public square. The book's case studies analyze what these
experiences mean for young people and why they are good for
democracy. What is youth activism and how does it contribute to
youth development? How might collective movements of young people
expand educational opportunity and participatory democracy? The
interdependent relationship between youths' political engagement,
their personal development, and democratic renewal is the central
focus of this book. Kirshner argues that youth and societal
institutions are strengthened when young people, particularly those
most disadvantaged by educational inequity, turn their critical
gaze to education systems and participate in efforts to improve
them.
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