Youth Participation and Democracy

Eeva Luhtakallio is Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki. Veikko Eranti is Assistant Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Helsinki.

• 1. Introduction: Doing Society - Veikko Eranti and Eeva Luhtakallio2. Institutional Participation: Youth Councils and Participatory Budgeting Fostering Better Citizens - Georg Boldt3. Aspiring Politicians: From Amateur Engagements to Problem Solving - Veikko Eranti and Eeva Luhtakallio4. Voicing Ideas: Participation Through E-democracy - Veikko Eranti and Georg Boldt5. Imagining Alone: The Necessity of the Atomized Self among Stigmatized Youth - Taina Meriluoto and Lotta Junnilainen6. Online Transgressions: Imageboards and Cultural Practices of Anonymous Citizenship - Tuukka Ylä-Anttila and Veikko Eranti7. Street Party: Urban Individualism and the Culture of Commitment - Maija Jokela8. Reluctant Rebels: The New Climate Movement and the Individual Activists - Maija Jokela, Jenni Kettunen and Eeva Luhtakallio9. Conclusions: Cultures of Doing Society - Eeva Luhtakallio and Veikko ErantiAppendix: Mixed Distance Methods and Data - Tuukka Ylä- Anttila, Lotta Junnilainen and Taina Meriluoto

“A pathbreaking study that charts remarkable changes in how young people are engaging in democratic political life. A must-read for its profoundly important lessons for scholarship and activism.” Kathleen Blee, University of Pittsburgh