1st Edition

Empowering Young People Nurturing the Seeds of Hope and Activism

By William Marsiglio Copyright 2027
316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

Grounded in progressive values,  Empowering Young People  takes stock of the pressing challenges we face as a society while highlighting how youth activists can help us envision a more collaborative, equitable, and inclusive future. It emboldens young activists and the adults who make key decisions on their behalf to prioritize strategies to help young people engage more actively in public life.... Read more

Youth Identity, Digital Life, and Polarization in Contemporary America   2. Collective Action, We‑ness, and Youth Activist Modalities   3. Time, Long‑Term Values, and the Sociological Imagination   4. Placemaking, Communities, and Place Conscious Youth Engagement   5. Learning Ecosystems, Schools, and Civic Participation   6. Activism Beyond School, Homeplace Expansion, and Institutional Support

Biography

William Marsiglio is Professor of Sociology at the University of Florida. He is a leading scholar in the fields of family and fatherhood and a fellow of the National Council on Family Relations. At the University of Florida, he teaches courses that focus on people and places, civic virtues, men and masculinities, social psychology, families, and gender and reproductive experiences, topics that have been central to his scholarship.  He is the author of fourteen books and nearly seventy scholarly articles and chapters on related topics. His recent books. People, Places, and Belonging (2025) and Chasing We-Ness (2023), both with the University of Toronto Press, explore timely strategies for promoting individual and social change.