Title Youth movements and generational politics, 19th-21st centuries / edited by Richard G. Braungart and Margaret M. Braungart

Published London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Youth Movements and Youth Politics -- Part 2: Historical Generations and Political Generations -- Part 3: Life-Course Politics -- Additional Readings on Youth Movements and Generational Politics -- Part 1 Youth Movements and Youth Politics -- 1 Youth and Social Movements -- Youth -- Social Movements -- Historical Factors and Youth Movements -- Social Structural Factors and Youth Movements -- Cultural Factors and Youth Movements -- Youth and Social Movements Propositions -- Generational Unit Theory -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 2 Moderate-Extreme and Left-Right Sources of youth Politics: a Typology -- A Typology of Youth Politics -- Data and Findings -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Moral Development and Youth Activism -- Note -- References -- 4 Activists and the History of the Future -- Utopian and Dystopian Futures -- Young Democrats -- Young Republicans -- Students for a Democratic Society -- Young Americans for Freedom -- Creating Utopia: the YAF and SDS -- SDS Dystopians -- Conversion as a Means to Utopia Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Reference Group, Social Judgment, and Student Politics -- Social Judgment -- Assimilation-Contrast Effect -- Selective Perception -- Proposition and Hypotheses -- Method -- Findings -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 From Protest to Terrorism: The Case of SDS and the Weathermen -- From Protest to Terrorist Politics -- The Origins of the Weathermen -- Organization and Activities -- Motivations of the Weathermen -- Psychological Explanations -- Sociohistorical Explanations -- Group Dynamic Explanations -- Why the Weathermen? -- A Social Psychological Assessment From SDS to the Weathermen -- Note -- References -- 7 Youth Movements in the 1980s: A Global Perspective -- Youth movements -- Youth movements in the 1980s -- A global assessment -- Notes -- References -- 8 Youth Problems and Politics in the 1980s: Some Multinational Comparisons -- Youth Problems and Politics -- Multinational Surveys and Findings -- Discussion -- Implications and Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Part 2 Historical Generations and Political Generations -- 9 Historical Generations and Youth Movements: A Theoretical Perspective I. Historical Approaches to the Study of Youth Movements -- A. Social Discontinuity or Breakdown Approach to Youth Movements -- B. The Mobilization Approach to Youth Movements -- II. Generational Approaches to the Study of Youth Movements -- A. History of Generational Thought -- B. Early Generational Theorists -- C. Contemporary Generational Theory -- III. Historical and Generational Perspectives on Youth Movements -- A. Psychological Perspectives on Youth Movements -- B. Historical Perspectives on Youth Movements -- C. Generational Perspectives on Youth Movements Summary Youth Movements and Generational Politics, 19th-21st Centuries by Richard and Margaret Braungart is a collection of 19 of their previously published research articles on youthful political activism, generational conflict and social change-from the first student movement in Germany in 1815 to the international eruption of youth unrest and demonstrations in the 21st century. A concluding chapter assesses the global trends and worldwide surge in youth movement activity from 2000 to 2020, which is then put into perspective in relation to previous historical generations of youthful political unrest Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 11, 2023) Subject Youth movements -- History -- 19th century Youth movements -- History -- 20th century Youth movements -- History -- 21st century Generations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century Generations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century Generations -- Political aspects -- History -- 21st century Generations -- Political aspects Youth movements Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781785277917 178527791X 9781785277900 1785277901

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