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Giving a comprehensive empirical account of the recent student protests in the UK, this book develops our understanding of the social and political pathways to protest participation and non-participation in contemporary society

List of contents

Preface / 1. Introduction / 2. Theorizing political participation and non-participation / 3. Student activism past and present: opportunities, constraints, and repertoires of contention / 4. Who participates? Patterns of student political engagement and action / 5. Becoming a participant: activism mobilization and the university campus / 6. Being a participant: commitment, radicalization and the building of collective identities / 7. Being a non-participant:uncertainty, dis-identification and the 'caring but not committed' / 8. Conclusion

About the author

Alexander Hensby is a Research Associate at the University of Kent

Summary

Giving a comprehensive empirical account of the recent student protests in the UK, this book develops our understanding of the social and political pathways to protest participation and non-participation in contemporary society

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Hensby, Hensby Alexander
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2016
• EAN: 9781783486946
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-694-6
• Series: Radical Subjects in International Politics; Radical Subjects in International Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political activism, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Political activism / Political engagement