Faire et défaire la société : enfants, jeunes et politique en Afrique

Makers & breakers of society: children, youth and politics in AfricaIn this introduction, the authors take up where recent work on the production of youth culture has left off: agency and the construction of life-styles. However, they refuse to relegate youth and their forms of agency to mar...

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Hoofdauteurs: De Boeck, Filip, Honwana, Alcinda, Hibou, Béatrice
Formaat: Article ou chapitre numérique
Taal:Français
Gepubliceerd in: 2000
Online toegang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Samenvatting:Makers & breakers of society: children, youth and politics in AfricaIn this introduction, the authors take up where recent work on the production of youth culture has left off: agency and the construction of life-styles. However, they refuse to relegate youth and their forms of agency to marginal sub-cultural spaces; they view youth as a social force which, while marginalized, is constituted as an distinct socio-political category.