We fight to win inequality and the politics of youth activism /

Main Author: Gordon, Hava Rachel, 1974-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2010]
Physical Description: ix, 254 pages ; 23 cm.
Series: Rutgers series in childhood studies.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The development of urban teenage activism: opportunities and challenges at the turn of the millennium
  • Reading, writing, and radicalism: the politics of youth activism on school grounds
  • Allies within and without: navigating the terrain of adult-dominated community politics
  • Toward youth political power in Oakland: the adult gaze, academic achievement, and the struggle for political legitimacy
  • Toward youth political power in Portland: the adult gaze, mainstream media, and the problems of social visibility
  • Gendering political power: gender politics in youth activist networks.