Youth Political Participation in Greece: A Multiple Methods Perspective

The overarching aim of this edited volume is to investigate different modes, patterns and determinants of youth political participation in Greece, since the economic crisis, by incorporating a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods. The chapters examine different forms of youth political participation, from institutionalized (such as voting, or membership in political parties) to non-institutionalized (such as signing petitions, protesting through demonstrations or occupations, and political consumerism). Moreover, the chapters shed light on diverse aspects of youth political participation, such as the interlinkages between occupational precarity and political behaviour, the spatial portrait of youth political engagement in rural, suburban and urban Greek contexts, the engendered aspects of political involvement, the pivotal role of protest events in youth political socialization and in mobilization in contentious political actions, the different impacts of priming inequality on youth's political beliefs, depending on different modes of thinking, as well as the key features of youth-related and youth-led (non-state) organisations operating in Greece. The aforementioned aspects are examined at the micro, meso or/and macro level through distinct methodological approaches including panel survey, experimental survey, biographical interviews, in-depth interviews and action organization analysis, carried out in the context of the EURYKA (European Commission) project.

Provides an in-depth investigation of different aspects of youth political participation in Greece Enriches a under-researched, but central topic of youth political participation in different European contexts Examines different forms of youth political engagement, from institutionalized to non-institutionalized

Autorentext

Stefania Kalogeraki is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Greece.

Maria Kousis is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Greece.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Youth Political Participation in Greece: A Comparative, Multiple Methods .- Perspective.- Part I: Youth Political Participation: Socialization, Attitudes and Intentions.- Chapter 2: Young Greeks Taking to the Streets: How Protest Shapes Political Socialisation in Times of Crisis? .- Chapter 3: Engendering Political Participation among Greek Youth in Times of Crisis.- Chapter 4: Youths' Cultural Orientations, Attributions to Inequality and Political Engagement Attitudes and Intentions.- Part II: Youth Political Participation: Precarity, Organizational and Spatial Aspects.- Chapter 5: Youth Political Participation and Precarity during Times of Crisis: Greece in a Comparative Perspective.- Chapter 6: For Youth or by Youth? Exploring Youth Action Organisations in Greece .- Chapter 7: Political Participation of Greek Youth: Exploring Rural, Semi-urban and Urban Disparities.- Chapter 8: Conclusions: Modes and Determinants of Youth Political Participation in Greece from aMultiple Methods Perspective.