Civic Engagement in Extreme Times: The Remaking of Justice among Guatemala's "Postwar" Generation

Autor/in	Bellino, Michelle J.
Titel	Civic Engagement in Extreme Times: The Remaking of Justice among Guatemala's "Postwar" Generation
Quelle	In: Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 10 (2015) 2, S.118-132 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1746-1979
DOI	10.1177/1746197915583937
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Citizen Participation; Ethnography; History; War; Authoritarianism; Civil Rights; Violence; Semi Structured Interviews; Justice; Secondary School Students; Citizenship Education; Guatemala + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Ethnografie; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Krieg; Autoritarismus; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Gewalt; Gerechtigkeit; Sekundarschüler; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung
Abstract	In recent years, there has been a dramatic growth in the field of youth civic engagement, although little of this work has been conducted in fragile democracies contending with legacies of war and authoritarianism. This study explores how Guatemalan postwar generation youth develop as civic actors under extreme conditions of violence, social and political distrust, and a dwindling space for public expression. Drawing from ethnographic research conducted in rural and urban Guatemala, this study demonstrates how young people's sense of civic efficacy interacts with their interpretations of historical injustice and the civic messages mediated by teachers, families, peers, and communities. Young people struggle to define and enact appropriate civic action, at times working outside unjust systems as a means of fostering change. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01