A Spectre Haunting: New Dimensions of Youth Protest in Western Europe. Occasional Paper 8208.

Autor/in	Mushaben, Joyce Marie
Institution	Missouri Univ., St. Louis. Center for International Studies.
Titel	A Spectre Haunting: New Dimensions of Youth Protest in Western Europe. Occasional Paper 8208.
Quelle	(1982), (33 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Activism; Citizen Participation; Civil Disobedience; Comparative Analysis; Demonstrations (Civil); Dissent; Ecology; Foreign Countries; Nuclear Warfare; Peace; Political Attitudes; Racial Relations; Social Action; Social Science Research; Youth; Europe; Germany; Switzerland; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Ziviler Ungehorsam; Demonstrationsrecht; Dissens; Ökologie; Ausland; Atomkrieg; Frieden; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Soziales Handeln; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Europa; Deutschland; Schweiz
Abstract	European protest movements of the eighties are analyzed and compared to the dissident movements of the sixties and seventies. The focus is on the peace, anti-nuclear, and ecology movements, the drive for autonomous youth centers in Switzerland, racial disturbances in Britain, and unrest among the urban squatters in the German Federal Republic. Six dimensions of each of these social rebellions are analyzed: the substantive dimensions of depoliticization, postmaterialism, and nationalism and the strategic dimensions of radicalization, decentralization, and institutionalization of protest. Data were collected through participant observation at demonstrations, walking tours through affected neighborhoods, informal interviews with people inside and outside the scene, media analyses, and literature searches. Findings show that protests of the eighties were more violent than those of earlier decades. Willingness to engage in the process of system transformation is declining among protestors aged 15-24 and growing among those old enough to have witnessed or participated in the movements of the sixties. Both the young and the old, however, pose a significant challenge to the established political parties in West European systems. (RM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC