Politics, anti-politics, quiescence and radical unpolitics: young men's political participation in an 'ordinary' English town

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-62

  McDowell, Linda ^a   Rootham, Esther ^a   Hardgrove, Abby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

politics; Swindon; the other; unemployment; white youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889092081     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2013.825709     Document Type: Article

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