Jacqueline Kennelly

Burnt by Democracy

Youth, Inequality, and the Erosion of Civic Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on interviews with young activists and young people who have experienced homelessness, Burnt by Democracy illustrates how growing wealth inequality has weakened democracy across five Western nations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9781487551643
• ISBN-10: 1487551649
• Artikelnr.: 69230546

Autorenporträt

Jacqueline Kennelly is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Director of the Centre for Urban Youth Research at Carleton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The growth of inequality across (neo)liberal democracies
2. Democratic dispositions in the twenty-first century
3. Democratic biographies: Pathways towards a democratic disposition
4. Democracy’s failures/failures of democracy
5. The social distribution of democratic knowledge
6. Belonging to the state: Citizenship as symbolic power
Conclusions: When I say the word "democracy," what comes to mind?
Appendix 1: Youth participants by country (all names are pseudonyms)
Bibliography
Index