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New forms of solidarity andyoung people: an ethnography of youth participation in Italy
Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna , Bologna, Italy.
Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna , Bologna, Italy.
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6270-501x
2018 (English)In: Young people re-generating politics in times of crises / [ed] Pickard, S.; Bessant, J., Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, p. 253-271Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Drawing from the findings of the European project ‘Partispace,’ this chapter analyses three solidarity initiatives promoted by youth leftist groups in Bologna (Italy). Materials were collected through an ethnographic study that included in-depth interviews with young activists. This material highlights the connections between the initiatives of these groups, their objectives and practices, in the context of the global financial crisis. The analysis shows that these initiatives, while seeking to mitigate the problems faced by vulnerable groups (i.e. migrants, refugees and the homeless), were also fuelled by practices of self-help aimed at responding to the unheeded ‘generational needs’ of the young people themselves. The projects emerge as ‘laboratories of political resistance’ where strategies for collective action based on mutual help and self-empowerment are experimented with and enacted.

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Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. p. 253-271
Keywords [en]
Youth participation, youth studies, economic crisis, social movements, squats, mutualism
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Social Sciences Ethnology
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Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-70677DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58250-4_14ISBN: 978-3-319-58249-8 (print)ISBN: 978-3-319-58250-4 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-70677DiVA, id: diva2:1269526
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EU, Horizon 2020, 649416Available from: 2018-12-10 Created: 2018-12-10 Last updated: 2018-12-18Bibliographically approved

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