Contents

pp iii-iv

List of figures and tables

pp v-vi

Notes on contributors

pp vii-xii

Acknowledgements

pp xiii-xiv

1 - Revisiting young people's participation: an introduction

pp 1-14

PART I - Young people's experiences of participation and engagement

pp 15-16

2 - Cultural activism against inequalities: the experience of Quaderni Urbani in Bologna

pp 17-28

3 - It's okay to think freely: how participation changed us

pp 29-42

4 - Frontrunners Against Inequality: the stories of Darpan and Barwaqo

pp 43-50

PART II - Current state and conditions for young people’s participation: critiques and trends

pp 51-52

5 - Bounded agency and social participation: how socioeconomic situation and experiences influence young people's way of engaging in society

pp 53-76

6 - From ideology to strategic engagement

pp 77-98

7 - Digital participation and digital divides in a former socialist country

pp 99-118

8 - The participation project: how projects shape young people's participation

pp 119-136

PART III - Broadening participation: young people's own approaches to participation

pp 137-138

9 - Young Italians and the crisis: emerging trends in activism and self-organisation

pp 139-156

10 - Justifying self-organisation: between inequality and critique

pp 157-174

11 - Advocacy and participation: young people with autism spectrum disorder and their experiences with statutory casework

pp 175-194

12 - Young people seeking asylum: voice and activism in a ‘hostile environment’

pp 195-214

PART IV - New opportunities for young people's participation: facilitating new forms of youth participation

pp 215-216

13 - Meaningful, effective and sustainable? Challenges for children and young people's participation

pp 217-234

14 - Journey mapping as a method to make sense of participation

pp 235-254

15 - Playful walks: a methodological approach for analysing the embodied citizenship of young people in the countryside

pp 255-274

16 - Transformative participation in the lifeworlds of marginalised youth: learning for change

pp 275-292

17 - Revisiting young people's participation and looking ahead: concluding remarks

pp 293-304

Index

pp 305-311