1st Edition

Youth Civic and Political Engagement

By Martyn Barrett, Dimitra Pachi Copyright 2019
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

What exactly is civic and political participation? What factors influence young people’s participation? How can we encourage youth to participate actively in their own democracies? Youth Civic and Political Engagement takes a multidisciplinary approach to answering these key questions, incorporating research in the fields of psychology, sociology, political science and education to explore... Read more

Chapter 1 Civic and political engagement among youth: concepts, forms and factors

Chapter 2 Psychological factors linked to youth civic and political engagement

Chapter 3 Social and demographic factors linked to youth civic and political engagement

Chapter 4 Macro contextual factors linked to youth civic and political engagement

Chapter 5 Theoretical integration and actions for promoting youth engagement

References

Author index

Subject index

Biography

Martyn Barrett is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Surrey, UK, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He works as an expert for the Council of Europe and the OECD on the development of intercultural, democratic and global competence.

Dimitra Pachi is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at University of Winchester, UK, a BPS Chartered Psychologist and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She has led numerous national and international research projects on processes of youth social and political development.