What constitutes youth organizing? Exploring the role of conservative contexts in understanding practice

Katie Richards-Schuster, Jennifer Juras, Sarah R. Young and Rebecca J. Timmermans

Children and Youth Services Review, 2013, vol. 35, issue 8, 1291-1296

Abstract: Context shapes how we come to understand activities, possibilities and constraints in youth organizing. Although there is increasing interest in youth organizing, little attention has been paid to the practice of youth organizing within socially conservative contexts, or to how such contexts shape the roles, perspectives, and actions of young people and of adults. Drawing on case examples of youth organizing work in Mississippi and Fresno, California, this article explores the importance of context as a core element in understanding youth activism and considers how a broader framework for understanding youth organizing through diverse contextual lenses can benefit the field.

Keywords: Context; Youth organizing power; Place and possibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.04.017

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