Overview

This resource provides a wide-ranging survey of the past, present, and future of youth activism in the USA and around the world. The work places a special focus on prominent youth activists, their organizations, and the causes to which they are determined to make change, including civil rights, environmental issues such as climate change, gender and LGBTQ+ rights, and US military actions and financial investments to which they are opposed. How has youth activism changed over the decades? What are the keys to fostering civic engagement among young people? What tools do young people use now to advance political causes important to them? What impact are they having on political and legal struggles over climate change, immigration, and civil rights? This all-in-one resource answers all those questions and more.

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Author:   Hava Rachel Gordon (University of Denver, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781440879883

ISBN 10:   1440879885
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   10 July 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Background and History Defining Youth Inventing America, Inventing Youth Teenagers, Stereotypes, and Social Inequality College Student Activism High School Student Activism Defining Activism Civic and Movement Organizations School-based Activism Internet-based Activism Conservative and Right-Wing Youth Activism: Gangs, Subcultures, or Movements? Youth Activism in Historical and Global Perspective: Women’s Suffrage Civil Rights Movement Anti-Globalization, Arab Spring, and Occupy Movements Immigrants’ Rights Movements Environmental Justice Movements Gender and LGBTQIA* Movements Labor Movements Bibliography 2: Problems, Controversies, and Solutions Debates over Youth Engagement and Apathy Apathetic, Misguided, and Temporary: Moral Panics About Young People’s Politics Youth Civic Education Programs Youth Councils Ageism and Youth Activism Ageism in Social Movement Networks and Organizations Ageism in Interpersonal Relationships Solutions Kids as Teachers and Organizers: Horizontal Political Development Socializing Up and Out: Youth as Movement Innovators That’s Ageist! Recognizing and Interrupting Adultism Youth Subcultural Resistance and Activism Hippies: Utopian Youth Movements Punk: Confronting Authority Through Style Hip Hop Languages: Graffiti and Spoken Word Counterstories Hippie, Punk, and Hip-Hop Cultures: Reverberations Across Time and Space Outcomes of Youth Activism Biographical Outcomes Institutional Impact: Schools and Workplaces Law and Policy Outcomes Cultural Outcomes Bibliography 3. Perspectives Introduction Relationships are Key for Creating Social Change Charla Agnoletti Empowering Youth: The Role of Agency in Creative Development Programs Stephen Smith-Contreras From Shared Spaces of Appearance to Radical Loneliness: Understanding the Conditions of Youth Political Action Cihan Erdal Researching Youth Activism: The Role of Social Class Jacqueline Kennelly Healing and Youth Organizing May Lin 4: Profiles Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture (1941-1998) Ella Baker (1903-1986) and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Mario Savio (1942-1996) and the Free Speech Movement Tom Hayden (1939-2016) and Students for a Democratic Society Vickie Castro (1946-) and the Brown Berets United Students Against Sweatshops Camila Vallejo (1988) and the Confederación de Estudiantes de Chile Joshua Wong Chi-fung (1996-) and Scholarism Extinction Rebellion Youth X (Emma) González (1999-) and March for Our Lives Black Lives Matter Jasilyn Charger (1996-) and One Mind Youth Movement Greta Thunberg (2003-) and Fridays for Future Maxwell Frost (1997-) Bibliography 5. Data and Documents Documents Document 5.1 - Launch of Students for a Democratic Society and the New Left - Port Huron Statement (1962) Document 5.2 - Racial Identity Youth Movements in Higher Education - El Plan de Santa Barbara (1969) Document 5.3 - Youth Climate Change Activism in the Courts - Held v. Montana (2023) Speeches Document 5.4 - Youth Black Power Organizing - Excerpt from Stokley Carmichael’s “Black Power” Speech (1966) Document 5.5 - Youth Gun Control Activism - Excerpt from X (Emma) González’s “We Call BS” Speech (2018) Document 5.6 - Youth Fridays for Future Climate Activism - Excerpt from Greta Thunberg’s “How Dare You” Speech (2019) Document 5.7 - Youth Activism in Electoral Politics - Excerpt from Maxwell Frost’s Election Night Victory Speech (2022) 6: Resources Books and Articles Biographical Causes and Impacts of Youth Activism Civil Rights and Post-Civil Rights Youth Activism College Student Activism Digital Activism Environmental Activism Global Justice Activism High School Student Activism Intergenerational and Generational Politics Intersectionality Neoliberalism Subcultures and Activism Youth Civic Engagement and Citizenship Politics Documentary Films 7. Chronology Glossary About the Author

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Hava Rachel Gordon, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at the University of Denver, USA. She is the author of This Is Our School! Race and Community Resistance to School Reform (2021), which won the 2023 Outstanding Book Award from the American Educational Research Association.

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