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Youthquake 2017: The Rise of Young Cosmopolitans in Britain
James Sloam and Matt Henn
2019
This book investigates the reasons behind the 2017 youthquake – which saw the highest rate of youth turnout in a quarter of a century, and an unprecedented gap in youth support for Labour over the Conservative Party – from both a comparative and a theoretical perspective. It compares youth turnout and party allegiance over time and traces changes in youth political participation in the UK since the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis – from austerity, to the 2016 EU referendum, to the rise of Corbyn – up until the election in June 2017 General Election. The book identifies the rise of cosmopolitan values and left-leaning attitudes amongst Young Millennials - particularly students and young women. The situation in the UK is also contrasted with developments in youth participation in other established democracies, including the youthquakes inspired by Obama in the US (2008) and Trudeau in Canada (2015).
James Sloam is Reader in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is co-convenor of the UK Political Studies Association (PSA) specialist group on young people’s politics. His work focuses on youth politics in Europe and the United States, inequalities in political participation, and the role of education in democratic engagement.Matt Henn is Professor of Social Research at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is the Research Coordinator for Politics and International Relations and Coordinator of Postgraduate Research in the School of Social Sciences. He has published widely on the subject of young people and politics over the last two decades.
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Keywords
- 2017 UK General Election
- Brexit
- British political landscape
- Comparative Politics
- Conservative Party
- cosmopolitan values
- cosmopolitan-left
- Cultural Diversity
- Democracy
- Elections
- Elections & referenda
- electoral participation
- European Union
- Family
- Financial Crisis
- Great Britain—Politics and government
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Labour Party
- OED
- political protest
- Political Science
- Political structure & processes
- Political structures: democracy
- Politics & government
- Remain
- Social groups
- Society & Social Sciences
- socio-economic change
- Sociology
- Sociology & anthropology
- Sociology: family & relationships
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBK Sociology: family and relationships
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHF Elections and referenda / suffrage
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy
- young millennials
- youth political engagement
- youth turnout
- Youthquake
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97469-9web: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-97469-9
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