Political (dis)engagement

Academics from a range of disciplines join with political activists to explore the meaning of politics and citizenship in contemporary society and the current forms of political (dis)engagement, providing a timely interdisciplinary dialogue and interrogation of contemporary political practices.

Nathan Manning is a lecturer in sociology at the University of York.

Introduction ~ Nathan Manning;PART ONE The changing landscape of politics;Does participation always have a democratic spirit? ~ Michele Micheletti;Love always wins: All Out's campaign for equality everywhere ~ Andre Banks;Mediated political participation: BBC Arabic, participatory journalism and public diplomacy ~ Marie Gillespie, Nesrine Abdel Sattar and Mina Lami;PART TWO Contemporary political (dis)engagements;Feeling politics: The importance of emotions for electoral politics ~ Nathan Manning;UK Uncut: direct action against austerity ~ Tim Street;Doubly Disillusioned? Young Muslims and British Electoral Politics ~ Parveen Akhtar;PART THREE The politics of marginalisation and identity;Political Engagement among Ethnic Minority Young People: exploring new grammars of action ~ Therese O'Toole;Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ~ Francine Fernandez;Political Participation is self-interest... But not in the way you might think ~ Stephen Reicher, Yashpal Jogdand and Caoimhe Ryan.