Drawing on diverse theoretical perspectives, this book examines questions of youth citizenship and participation by exploring their meanings in policy, practice and youth experience. It examines young people's participation in non-government and youth-led organisations, and asks what can be done to bridge the democratic disconnect.

titutions to respond to broader processes of social and cultural change that young people are experiencing, asking whether they can adapt and change; while also reiterating that young people's political need to achieve consensus may mean elite power is increasingly being left unquestioned.'

• Ariadne Vromen, University of Sydney, Australia

  'A litmus test for excellent research in the area of citizenship and youth should be the reflexivity, depth and breadth of its empirical and theoretical engagement with young people and the social interests, environments and policies which structure or inflect their lives. Collin's perceptive and critical book passes this test, offering valuable solutions to the disconnect between young people and institutional governance in the UK and Australia.' - Shakuntala Banaji, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

  'Collin has drawn upon research undertaken in the UK and Australia to bring to life how young people are turning to new social practices with digital media as a way of 'being political'. As a result she suggests that we need to think differently about how we conceptualise young people's engagement with citizenship and democracy. This is an excellent book and will, I am sure, actively engage students in areas such as the sociology of youth, cultural studies and politics.' - Professor Alan France, University of Auckland, New Zealand

  Autorentext

Philippa Collin is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney and a Research Program Leader of the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, Australia.

Inhalt
Introduction: Young People, Participation and Digital Media 1. Conceptualising Young Citizens 2. Cultivating Good Citizens: Youth Participation Policies in Context 3. Civic Organisations in Context 4. Youth Perspectives on Participation 5. Mediated Participation 6. Addressing the Democratic Disconnect: Promoting Pluralism and Engaging with the Politics of the Ordinary