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Book SynopsisThe overarching aim of this edited volume is to investigate different modes, patterns and determinants of youth political participation in Greece, since the economic crisis, by incorporating a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods. The chapters examine different forms of youth political participation, from institutionalized (such as voting, or membership in political parties) to non-institutionalized (such as signing petitions, protesting through demonstrations or occupations, and political consumerism). Moreover, the chapters shed light on diverse aspects of youth political participation, such as the interlinkages between occupational precarity and political behaviour, the spatial portrait of youth political engagement in rural, suburban and urban Greek contexts, the engendered aspects of political involvement, the pivotal role of protest events in youth political socialization and in mobilization in contentious political actions, the different impacts of priming inequality on youth’s political beliefs, depending on different modes of thinking, as well as the key features of youth-related and youth-led (non-state) organisations operating in Greece. The aforementioned aspects are examined at the micro, meso or/and macro level through distinct methodological approaches including panel survey, experimental survey, biographical interviews, in-depth interviews and action organization analysis, carried out in the context of the EURYKA (European Commission) project.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Youth Political Participation in Greece
Stefania Kalogeraki and Maria Kousis
2. Political Participation of Greek Youth: Exploring Rural, Suburban and Urban Disparities
Eugenia Petropoulou, Marina Papadaki and Stefania Kalogeraki
3. For Youth or from Youth? Exploring the Youth related Organisations in Greece
Angelos Loukakis
4. Understanding Youth Political Participation in an Era of Job Precarity: Evidence from Greek and European levels
Maria Mexi and Chara Kokkinou
5. Youths’ Attachment Orientations, Attributions to Inequality and Political Orientations: Priming Inequality Effects
Konstantinos Kafetsios and Nektarios Papageorgakopoulos
6. Young Greeks Take to the Streets: Youth Political Engagement in Times of Crisis and the Impact of Protest
Maria Paschou
7. Engendering Political Participation among Greek Youth Vasiliki Petousi, Yota Papageorgiou and Stefania Kalogeraki
8. Conclusion
