Paths and barriers to mobilising young people for politial action
In his new book, Participation and Non-Participation in Student Activism, Alexander Hensby develops our understanding of the social and political pathways to protest participation and non-participation in contemporary society.
This book uses the 2010/11 UK student protests against fees and cuts as a case study for analysing some of the key paths and barriers to political participation today. These paths and barriers – which include an individual’s family socialisation, network positioning, and group identification (and dis-identification) – help us explain why some people convert their political sympathies and interests into action, and why others do not.
- You can read reviews of the book on the publisher’s website
- Dr Alexander Hensby is a Research Associate within the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Research, specialising in social movements, globalization, and the sociology of higher education.