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Youth Rising? - The Politics of Youth in the Global Economy (Paperback)
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Youth Rising? - The Politics of Youth in the Global Economy (Paperback)
Series: Critical Youth Studies
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Over the last decade, "youth" has become increasingly central to
policy, development, media and public debates and conflicts across
the world - whether as an ideological symbol, social category or
political actor. Set against a backdrop of contemporary political
economy, Youth Rising? seeks to understand exactly how and why
youth has become such a popular and productive social category and
concept. The book provocatively argues that the rise and spread of
global neoliberalism has not only led youth to become more
politically and symbolically salient, but also to expand to
encompass a growing range of ages and individuals of different
class, race, ethnic, national and religious backgrounds. Employing
both theoretical and historical analysis, authors Mayssoun Sukarieh
and Stuart Tannock trace the development of youth within the
context of capitalism, where it has long functioned as a category
for social control. The book's chapters critically analyze the
growing fears of mass youth unemployment and a "lost generation"
that spread around the world in the wake of the global financial
crisis. They question as well the relentless focus on youth in the
reporting and discussion of recent global protests and uprisings.
By helping develop a better understanding of such phenomena and
critically and reflexively investigating the very category and
identity of youth, Youth Rising? offers a fresh and sobering
challenge to the field of youth studies and to widespread claims
about the relationship between youth and social change.
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