Youth, Life, and Politics: Examining the Everyday in Comparative Politics

Autor/in	Ortuoste, Maria
Titel	Youth, Life, and Politics: Examining the Everyday in Comparative Politics
Quelle	In: PS: Political Science and Politics, 45 (2012) 2, S.285-290 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-0965
DOI	10.1017/S1049096511002125
Schlagwörter	Social Action; Youth; College Freshmen; Global Education; Comparative Analysis; Political Science; Politics; College Instruction; Introductory Courses; Instructional Effectiveness; Course Content; Experimental Teaching; Conventional Instruction; Political Issues; Activism; Citizen Participation; Dissent + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziales Handeln; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Studienanfänger; Globales Lernen; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Politik; Hochschullehre; Einführungskurs; Unterrichtserfolg; Kursprogramm; Experimentalunterricht; Experimentelle Pädagogik; Politischer Faktor; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Dissens
Abstract	The traditional way of introducing comparative politics to freshmen, which is through the study of institutions, is contrasted with an alternative approach. An everyday-politics approach compares the daily struggles of global youth--how they cope in times of peace and war, and with issues of wealth and poverty, identity, education and employment, and citizenship and immigration. This approach contains four elements: juxtapositions, recognition of the vicissitudes of growing up in a more complex world, the use of stories, and social action in our daily lives. This combination "gently" introduces the concepts of comparative politics but with an emphasis on how politics affect the lives of other young people. These stories also show the various forms of political participation and political resistance in different countries. An everyday-politics approach, while still experimental, seems to yield some positive results in helping students care about politics, gaining an understanding of how much is at stake for them, and connecting them to the wider world. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10