Youthquake 2017 : : The Rise of Young Cosmopolitans in Britain.

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics Series
• Author: Sloam, James.
• TeilnehmendeR: Henn, Matt.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; ©2019.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (137 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Youthquake 2017 -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- From Democratic Decline to Youthquake -- Youthquakes and Young Cosmopolitans -- Organisation of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Rejuvenating Politics: Young Political Participation in a Changing World -- Shifting Tectonic Plates -- Theories of Youth Participation -- The Rise of Postmaterialism -- Young Cosmopolitans -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: The Silent Revolution in Youth Political Engagement -- Youth Political (Dis-)Engagement: Parties Fail to Connect -- Youth Political Apathy or Engaged Scepticism? -- The Silent Revolution in Youth Political Engagement -- Postmaterialism and Contemporary Advanced Industrial Societies -- Who Are the Young British Postmaterialists? -- Explaining Youth Political Engagement: Socio-demographic and Postmaterialist Value Cleavages -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Young Cosmopolitans Against Brexit -- Populism, Cosmopolitanism and the Question of Europe -- Youth Engagement in the EU Referendum -- The Role of Age and Social Status in the EU Referendum -- Young Remainers as Young Cosmopolitans -- Young People Politically Energised by Brexit -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Youthquake: Young People and the 2017 General Election -- Political Parties and the Mobilization of Young Voters -- Turning Out -- Turning Left -- The Policy Priorities of Young Millennials -- The Youthquake Debate -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- Youth and Political Action -- Explaining Intragenerational Inequalities in Youth Politics -- The Youthquake -- Youthquake and a Cultural Backlash? -- Democracy at a Crossroads -- References -- Index.