1st Edition

The Beginning of Politics Youthful Political Agency in Everyday Life

Edited By Kirsi Pauliina Kallio, Jouni Hakli Copyright 2015
156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

The conventional wisdom according to which children’s lives should be safe from adult concerns tends to situate them categorically outside the political. Thus understood, children become political agents when they reach maturity and eligibility to formal participation. Alternatively, political skills and competences may be seen to develop gradually through political socialization. Both views are... Read more

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Biography

Kirsi Pauliina Kallio is Research Fellow at the University of Tampere, Finland. Kallio’s work concentrates on youthful political agency, children’s rights, and child and youth policy.



Jouni Häkli is Professor at the University of Tampere, Finland. Häkli’s areas of research include political geography, state spatiality and transnationalization.