Beschreibung:
This book explores how young people in Europe construct their political identities. Based on small discussion groups with 2000 young people across 29 European states, Alistair Ross explores how 13 to 20 year olds build identities in contemporary society, creating contingent narratives of local, national and European identities with families, friends and social media. As well as exploring what these kaleidoscopic identities look like and the sources they draw on, it also examined how these accounts are assembled and integrated with each other.
1. Locations, Loyalties and Labels.- 2. Values and Issues.- 3. Diversities and Generational Change.- 4. The Contingent and Contextual Resources of Identity Construction.- 5. Continental Perspectives.- 6. Hierarchies of Cohesion and Diffusion.- 7. How Is It Done? Metaphors for Constructing Identities.