The politics of youthful antipolitics: Representing the 'issue' of youth participation in politics

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-195

  Farthing, Rys ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Politics; Risk; Youth Culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249160427     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260903233696     Document Type: Article

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