Drawing on findings from a comparative study in eight European cities, insights into different
styles of youth participation emerging from formal, non-formal and informal settings are …

Youth councils, youth parliaments or youth organisations are often referred to as the king's
road to young people's participation, at least from the point of view of policymakers. At the …

Nowadays a lot of research describes most young people as barely interested in politics,
expressing little trust in political institutions and far from any forms of institutional political …

This article outlines a novel application of meta-ethnographic synthesis in the analysis of
multiple ethnographic case studies of youth activism emanating from a large transnational …

This chapter focuses on learning from action research projects conducted with young people
as part of the PARTISPACE research to explore the implications of young people's changing …

Informal settings are activities emerging from young people co** with their everyday lives
in public spaces without being initiated or guided by adults and often also without being …

This chapter will guide the reader through the book. Throughout history the use and
meaning of borders have changed, but I argue that we are standing at crossroads. This …

One element of the PARTISPACE study into spaces and styles of Youth Participation in eight
European cities is presented in this article. Drawing on ethnographically informed studies of …

Civic engagement is a critical component of diverse democracy, and youth have the capacity
for meaningful engagement to create a more equitable society for all. Preparing youth for …

The aim of the article is to show that youth involvement in political groups is often driven by
such multifaceted motivations that it is relegated to the border between engagement and …