We fight to win : inequality and the politics of youth activism / Hava Rachel Gordon.

By:

Gordon, Hava Rachel, 1974- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813548272
0813548276

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: We fight to win.DDC classification:

322.40835 22

LOC classification:

HQ799.2.P6 G65 2010eb

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Contents:

The development of urban teenage activism: opportunities and challenges at the turn of the millennium -- Reading, writing, and radicalism: the politics of youth activism on school grounds -- Allies within and without: navigating the terrain of adult-dominated community politics -- Toward youth political power in Oakland: the adult gaze, academic achievement, and the struggle for political legitimacy -- Toward youth political power in Portland: the adult gaze, mainstream media, and the problems of social visibility -- Gendering political power: gender politics in youth activist networks.

Summary: This book offers a compelling account of young people's attempts to get involved in community politics, and documents the battles waged to form youth movements and create social change in schools and neighborhoods.--[book cover].

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.

This book offers a compelling account of young people's attempts to get involved in community politics, and documents the battles waged to form youth movements and create social change in schools and neighborhoods.--[book cover].