Dynamics of Youth Agency in Times of Crisis - Beyond the Impasse in the Mediterranean?

This book examines the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa, and how it impacts young people's civic and political participation today.

List of contents

Introduction: Beyond the Impasse? Dynamics of youth agency in times of crisis 1. Looking South: What can Youth Studies in the Global North learn from research on youth and policy in the Middle East and North African countries? 2. Working class youth transitions as a litmus test for change: labour crisis and social conflict in Arab Mediterranean countries 3. Youth socio-economic and political grievances: Bringing the 'Political' back into understanding contestation in the MENA 4. Rethinking justice beyond human rights. Anti-colonialism and intersectionality in the politics of the Palestinian Youth Movement 5. Using the clustering method for a heterogeneous reading of Lebanese youth Conclusion: Euro-Mediterranean partnership and youth policies in the MENA: why policy discourse travels but implementation doesn't

About the author

Nadine Sika is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University in Cairo. She is author of Youth Activism and Contentious Politics in Egypt: Dynamics of Continuity and Change (2017). She is Book Reviews Editor of Mediterranean Politics and Associate Editor of Democratization.

Summary

This book examines the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa, and how it impacts young people’s civic and political participation today.

Product details

• Authors: Nadine Sika
• Assisted by: Nadine Sika (Editor), Sika Nadine (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032149127
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3214912-7
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Routledge Studies in Mediterranean Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Social issues & processes, Political Economy, Politics and government, Social and ethical issues