What Politics?: Youth and Political Engagement in Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

What Politics? Youth and Political Engagement in Africa examines the diverse experiences of being young in today's Africa. It offers new perspectives to the roles and positions young people take to change their life conditions both within and beyond the formal political structures and institutions.

Produktdetails

• Youth in a Globalizing World Nr.6
• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789004446991
• ISBN-10: 9004446990
• Artikelnr.: 60663457

Autorenporträt

Elina Oinas, Ph.D. (2001), Åbo Akademi University, Finland, is Professor in Sociology at the Swedish School of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research deals with health, activism and feminisms in Africa. Henri Onodera is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Political and Economic Studies in the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has conducted research on youth activism and prolonged adolescence in Egypt, and everyday lives of young Muslims in Finland. Leena Suurpää is a youth researcher, adjunct professor and civic activist, working for the Finnish Red Cross. Suurpää has an academic career in the Finnish Youth Research Network, studying issues ranging from youth cultures to youth work and youth policy.