Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource, 8 S.
Series Statement:
GIGA Focus International Edition Bd. 1
DDC:
305.235
Abstract:
Abstract: Over the course of the last two years, 2011 and 2012, youths around the world have protested in a variety of contexts and forms. More than the various manifestations of their protests – from political upheaval in Tunisia or Chile to violence in Syria – it is youths’ worries about their own place in society that unify them. Even in the most divergent societies, youth are perceived as a problem group, despite the fact that a consistent definition of what constitutes youth has been absent to date. To base such a definition exclusively on age would be misleading: other factors, for example, social position, would remain unconsidered. No longer children but not yet part of the circle of adults, youths find themselves both physically and socially in a phase of transition. For very different reasons, they rebel against established orders and authorities and question existing boundaries and conventions. However, even under very difficult political and economic conditions, youths only head
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URN:
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-328037
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-328037
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