| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Why It Is Important When Secondary and High School Students Protest: Introductory Essay -- A Long History of Student Action -- Student Protest in the Twenty-First Century -- When School Students Protest -- The Chapters in This Volume: When Students Protest in Secondary and High Schools -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Theorizing Student Protest Action -- Introduction -- The Problem with "Theory" -- Theorizing Student Protest -- Student Protest: Adolescent Irrationality |
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Resource Mobilization Theory -- Political Process Theory -- New Social Movements -- "The Political" -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Politics of Recognition When Students Protest -- Introduction -- March for Our Lives -- "School Strike 4 Climate" -- Pupils, Students, and the Politics of (Mis)Recognition -- Students Answering Back -- Digital Capital and Protest -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: From Free Bus Fare to Legal Abortion: Politics in Secondary Schools in Democratic Argentina (1983-2018) -- Introduction -- 1983-1990: Youth in Democracy and School Democracy |
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1990-2001: Youth Politics and Autonomist Resistance -- The Resurgence of Student Activism? Claims and Organizations in 2010-2018 -- Future Directions for Research -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Save Our Schools!: Youth Leadership in the US Boston Public School Walkout Movement -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Young People's Leadership in Movement Moments -- Methods and Data -- The Walkout -- Young People Claim Leadership of the Movement -- Leadership as a Supportive Role -- Collective Voice and Shared Leadership |
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Young People Value Leadership as "Giving Voice" to the Marginalized -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Roots of Student Organizing: Narratives and Experiences of Los Angeles Student Organizers, USA -- Zero Tolerance Policies and Police in Schools -- Student Resistance to Zero Tolerance -- The Significance of Home -- Personal Identities and Important Experiences -- Personal and Political Growth -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Student Activism: An Analysis from Mexico's Southeast -- Introduction -- Chiapas |
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Student Organizations, Collective Actions, and Social Movements -- Networks and Processes That Encourage or Inhibit Collective Actions -- Encounters and Disagreements Between Groups -- The Other Social Networks and the Connective Actions -- Repressive Processes -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: School Strike 4 Climate: Australian Students Renegotiating Citizenship -- Introduction -- Australian Students and Climate Change Activism -- Student Climate Activists Negotiating Citizenship -- Negotiating Citizenship in the School Strike 4 Climate -- Answering to Justice -- Conclusion -- Notes |
| Summary |
This book analyses how generations of secondary and high school students in many countries have been thoughtful, committed and effective political actors, particularly over the past decade |
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References |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 08, 2021) |
| Subject |
Student movements.
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Protest movements.
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High school students -- Political activity.
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High school students -- Political activity
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Protest movements
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Student movements
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bessant, Judith, editor.
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Mejia Mesinas, Analicia, 1988- editor.
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Pickard, Sarah, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781786611789 |
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1786611783 |
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