Young People, Radical Democracy and Community Development

Focusing on youth activism for greater equality, liberty and mutual care - radical democracy - this timely collection explores the movement's impacts on community organisations and workers.

About the author

Janet Batsleer worked until recently as Reader in Community Education and Principal Lecturer in Youth and Community Work at Manchester Metropolitan University Harriet Rowley is Senior Lecturer in Education and Community at Manchester Metropolitan University. Demet Lüküslü is Professor of Sociology at Yeditepe University, Turkey.

Summary

Focusing on youth activism for greater equality, liberty and mutual care - radical democracy - this timely collection explores the movement’s impacts on community organisations and workers. Essays from the Global North and Global South cover the Black Lives Matter movement, environmental activism and the struggles of refugees.

Product details

• Assisted by: Janet Batsleer (Editor), Demet Lüküslü (Editor), Harriet Rowley (Editor)
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781447362760
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-6276-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Series: Rethinking Community Development; Rethinking Community Developme
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education