Social media is pervasive in the lives of young people, and this paper critically analyses how
politically engaged young people integrate social media use into their existing organisations …

In the decades after 1944 the four nations of Britain shared a common educational
programme. By 2015, this programme had fragmented: the patterns of schooling and higher …

This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of
aidwork are fulfilled.'Aidland'is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes …

Student leadership is often misconceptualized as merely a pedagogical exercise revolving
around simulated political arenas with little to no immediate real political consequence …

What is the relationship between economic crises and protest behaviour? Does the
experience of austerity, or economic hardship more broadly defined, create a greater …

Despite profound changes to the higher education sector in the UK over recent years, which
have tended to emphasise the role of prospective students as active choosers within a …

Cotê has called for a focus on a political economy analysis, where young people should be
thought of as 'youth-as-class'. Cotê positions youth as having false consciousness, arguing …

This chapter reviews existing theories of youth electoral participation and political
participation more generally. We separate the literature into studies that deal with the …

Young people are said to be uninterested in politics. This lack of political interest among
adolescents has been used as an argument against lowering the voting age. But why should …

Despite allegations of political disengagement and apathy on the part of the young, the last
ten years have witnessed a considerable degree of political activity by young people–much …