Young people are increasingly engaging in diverse forms of participatory politics, especially
to obtain commitments from powerholders regarding climate change. Do-It-Ourselves (DIO) …

The year 2018 was a watershed in environmental activism, especially regarding young
activists. Greta Thunberg started her School Strikes for Climate and the environmental …

This article provides an introduction to a Special Issue of The Journal of Youth Studies on
young people and environmental politics. This volume was motivated by the wave of youth …

Over the past decade and more, there has been a significant emphasis in western societies
on policy processes to engage youth in civic and political life. Concerns about the extent to …

Disenchantment with politics and low electoral turnout does not mean young people are not
engaged with politics. However, our understanding of what being 'politically engaged'entails …

The functioning of representative democracy crucially depends on political parties that
mediate between citizens and the state. It is widely doubted, however, that contemporary …

Many of today's young people are politically engaged and increasingly supportive of
progressive political causes. This is most evident in the youth leadership of the Green wave …

Youth and the Politics of the Present presents a range of topical sociological investigations
into various aspects of the everyday practices of young adults in different European contexts …

In resisting climate change, to what extent can lifestyle forms of activism be considered to be
political? What are their determinants and to what extent do they differ from the determinants …

Much attention has been paid by academics and policy-makers in recent decades to
declining levels of voter turnout and engagement with traditional political and social …