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Author: Dr Jerusha Conner (Villanova University, USA) , Sonia M. Rosen (Arcadia University, USA)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9781440842122
ISBN 10: 1440842124
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 26 September 2016
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
"Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Jerusha Conner and Sonia M. Rosen PART I THE LANDSCAPE OF CONTEMPORARY YOUTH ACTIVISM Introduction Opening Youth Essay Beatrice Galdamez 2. Youth Leadership for Social Justice: Past and Present Eric Braxton 3. The Emergence of a Youth Justice Movement in the United States Mark R. Warren and Luke Aubry Kupscznk 4. Conceptualizing Youth Activists' Leadership: A Multidimensional Framework Sonia M. Rosen and Jerusha Conner 5. Young, Gifted, and Black: Black Lives Matter! Bernardine Dohrn and William Ayers 6. Strategies for Systemic Change: Youth Community Organizing to Disrupt the School-to-Prison Nexus Jesica Siham Fernández, Ben Kirshner, and Deana G. Lewis 7. Youth Environmental Stewardship and Activism for the Environmental Commons Erin Gallay, John Lupinacci, Carolina S. Sarmiento, Constance A. Flanagan, and Ethan Lowenstein PART II HOW YOUTH ACTIVISM SUPPORTS YOUTH Introduction Opening Youth Essay Jamia Brown 8. ""It Shaped Who I Am as a Person"": Youth Organizing and the Educational and Civic Trajectories of Low-Income Youth John Rogers and Veronica Terriquez 9. Studying Sociopolitical Development through Social Network Theory Kira J. Baker-Doyle 10. Shifting Stereotypes and Storylines: The Personal and Political Impact of Youth Media Barbara Ferman and Natalia Smirnov 11. Telling Our Stories, Claiming Our Space, and Becoming Change-Makers: Lessons for the Field from Black Girls and Women Organizers Julia Daniel and Michelle Renée Valladares 12. The Implications of Youth Activism for Health and Well-Being Parissa J. Ballard and Emily J. Ozer 13. Working for Change, Learning from Work: Student Empowerment and Challenges in the Movement to End Campus Gender Violence Alexandra Brodsky PART III HOW YOUTH ACTIVISM STRENGTHENS SOCIETY Introduction Opening Youth Essay Janelle Astorga-Ramos 14. Unlawful Entry: Civil Disobedience and the Undocumented Youth Movement Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales 15. ""We Have the Power to Make Change"": The Struggle of Asian Immigrant Youth against School Violence Mary Yee 16. Youth Taking the Lead in Education Policy Rachel Gunther 17. Participatory Action Research as Youth Activism Brett G. Stoudt, Caitlin Cahill, Darian X, Kimberly Belmonte, Selma Djokovic, Jose Lopez, Amanda Matles, Adilka Pimentel, María Elena Torre 18. In Defense of Education Justice: Postsecondary Institutional Decision Making for American Indian Programs and Services Jessica Ann Solyom 19. Injustice Is Not an Investment: Student Activism, Climate Justice, and the Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Joe Curnow and Allyson Gross PART IV CONCLUSION 20. Conclusion Jerusha Conner and Sonia M. Rosen Index About the Editors and Contributors"
Reviews
The editors write useful introductions to each of these three sections, as well as a lengthy general introduction and conclusion ... heavy on descriptions of political events, providing exemplars of activist organizational strategies. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. - Choice
Author Information
Jerusha Conner, PhD, is associate professor of education at Villanova University, Villanova, PA. Sonia M. Rosen, PhD, is assistant professor of education at Arcadia University, Philadelphia, PA.
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