We fight to win : inequality and the politics of youth activism /

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This book offers a compelling account of young people's attempts to get involved in community politics, and documents the battles waged to form youth movements and create social change in schools and neighborhoods.--[book cover].

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gordon, Hava Rachel, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
Series:Rutgers series in childhood studies.
Subjects:
Youth > Political activity.
Students > Political activity.
Youth movements.
Jeunesse > Activité politique.
Mouvements de jeunesse.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The development of urban teenage activism: opportunities and challenges at the turn of the millennium
  • Reading, writing, and radicalism: the politics of youth activism on school grounds
  • Allies within and without: navigating the terrain of adult-dominated community politics
  • Toward youth political power in Oakland: the adult gaze, academic achievement, and the struggle for political legitimacy
  • Toward youth political power in Portland: the adult gaze, mainstream media, and the problems of social visibility
  • Gendering political power: gender politics in youth activist networks.

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