{"product_id":"youth-power-in-precarious-times-melissa-brough-9781478008071","title":"Youth Power in Precarious Times: Reimagining Civic Participation","description":"Does youth participation hold the potential to change entrenched systems of power and to reshape civic life? In \u003ci\u003eYouth Power in Precarious Times\u003c\/i\u003e Melissa Brough examines how the city of Medell?, Colombia, offers a model of civic transformation forged in the wake of violence and repression. She responds to a pressing contradiction in the world at large, where youth political participation has become a means of commodifying digital culture amid the ongoing disenfranchisement of youth globally. Brough focuses on how young people's civic participation online and in the streets in Medell? was central to the city's transformation from having the world's highest homicide rates in the early 1990s to being known for its urban renaissance by the 2010s. Seeking to distinguish commercialized digital interactions from genuine political participation, Brough uses Medell?'s experiences with youth participation-ranging from digital citizenship initiatives to the voices of community media to the beats of hip-hop culture-to show how young people can be at the forefront of fostering ecologies of artistic and grassroots engagement in order to reshape civic life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Brough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478008075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478008071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021","brand":"Melissa Brough","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995884650751,"sku":"9781478008071","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e500b85-9417-42bb-ac19-1237b1681d94.jpg?v=1683338429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/youth-power-in-precarious-times-melissa-brough-9781478008071","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}