Political Socialization of Youth : A Palestinian Case Study

This book increases the awareness of youth political agency and how it relates to adults, governments, communities, and local and global discourse. It reveals the complexity of youth’s political lives as it intersects with social identifiers such as location, gender, and political status, and interacts with neoliberal discourse embedded in media, local politics, education, and religious idioms. This book fills a gap in existing research to provide a body of literature on the political socialization and its manifestation in youth political agency. The research findings aid in understanding the abilities of youth to reason, reflect upon, articulate, and act upon their political views. This research is not only pertinent to children in Palestine, but can also be applied to children living everywhere as global discourse of oppression is not limited to a location, age or a group. Front Matter....Pages i-x Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction to Palestinian Youth Journaling Project....Pages 3-16 Reconceptualizing Youth Political Socialization: A Theoretical Framework....Pages 17-35 Community Contribution to Political Socialization: The Global is Local....Pages 37-59 Social Identifiers: Making Meaning of Intersectionality....Pages 61-83 Geopolitics of Religion and Its Role in Youth Agency....Pages 85-104 Limitations of the Educational Structure in Political Socialization....Pages 105-125 Media and the Neoliberal Agenda Within Political Socialization....Pages 127-147 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 The Evolvement of National Identity: A Never-Ending Process....Pages 151-175 Youth Agency/Activism: The Hidden Outcome....Pages 177-198 The Normalization of Youth Political Agency....Pages 199-220 Back Matter....Pages 221-224 Introduction To Palestinian Youth Journaling Project -- Reconceptualizing Youth Political Socialization: A Theoretical Framework -- Community Contribution To Political Socialization: The Global Is Local -- Social Identifiers: Making Meaning Of Intersectionality -- Geopolitics Of Religion And Its Role In Youth Agency -- Limitations Of The Educational Structure In Political Socialization -- Media And The Neoliberal Agenda Within Political Socialization -- The Evolvement Of National Identity: A Never-ending Process -- Youth Agency/activism: The Hidden Outcome -- The Normalization Of Youth Political Agency. Janette Habashi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.