Doing Democracy in Third Places - Gaudet, Stéphanie

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Résumé :
In Quebec, we observe the existence of an ecosystem of social spaces where, outside formal civic education programs, young people have the opportunity to learn how to participate in democratic life. This book brings together seven case studies documenting these young people's experiences of citizenship education. The research behind this book is based on an ethnographic approach, and was carried out in collaboration with seven organizations. The result of an original conceptual and methodological approach, this book will be of interest to the world of research, practice, community and youth policy....

Biographie:
St?phanie Gaudet is Full Professor and Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Citizenship and Minorities (CIRCEM) at the University of Ottawa. She works on social and political participation, particularly that of young people, life courses and qualitative methodology. She leads a partnership research project (SSHRC) on citizenship education experiences in community and associative settings (educationetdemocratie.ca) and a research project on youth social and political engagement pathways (SSHRC)....

Sommaire:
Resulting from a collaborative approach, Doing Democracy in Third Places presents the results of multi-site ethnographic research in seven Quebec civil society organizations. It reports on observations, analyses and comparisons of a diversity of innovative citizenship education practices aimed at young people in these third places, i.e. socialization spaces different from school and family. Focusing on the presentation of case studies, the book reveals the diversity of formative experiences offered to young Quebecers. The pooling of case analyses leads to a fruitful reflection on education for democratic citizenship through a plurality of citizen experimentation practices rooted in the defense of children's rights, feminist social action, the community movement, alterglobalism and municipal and school public action. With its original conceptual vocabulary and qualitative methodological approach, this book will help to push back the geolinguistic and disciplinary boundaries that often separate research currents closely or remotely related to the social and political engagement and participation of young people. Written in an accessible style, it is aimed at a wide audience, including youth organization staff, graduate students, the youth policy sector and anyone interested in the issues surrounding youth citizenship in the 21st century....