Book review : Africa's urban youth: challenging marginalization, claiming citizenship by Amy S. Patterson, Tracy Kuperus, and Megan Hershey
Africa's youth (18–35 years old) comprise 65 percent of Africa's population. They play key political and societal roles, typically inhabiting environments characterized by swift urbanization, high unemployment rates, and inadequate state services. They are, it is often said, Africa's...
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| description | Africa's youth (18–35 years old) comprise 65 percent of Africa's population. They play key political and societal roles, typically inhabiting environments characterized by swift urbanization, high unemployment rates, and inadequate state services. They are, it is often said, Africa's future, the potential dynamo to drive Africa's development.
The focus is on three former British colonies: Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. Ghana is in West Africa and the latter two are in East Africa. Ghana is a liberal democracy, and Tanzania and Uganda have authoritarian governments. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the three countries, the authors examine what urban youth understand by “citizenship” and what it means to be a good citizen.
Based on extensive interviews and focus group discussions with young urban Africans, including advocates, activists, and community leaders, both secular and religious, the book explains how income, religion, and gender influence young urban Africans' sense of citizenship. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:95322024-08-30T10:22:50Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9532/ Book review : Africa's urban youth: challenging marginalization, claiming citizenship by Amy S. Patterson, Tracy Kuperus, and Megan Hershey Haynes, Jeffrey 320 Political science Africa's youth (18–35 years old) comprise 65 percent of Africa's population. They play key political and societal roles, typically inhabiting environments characterized by swift urbanization, high unemployment rates, and inadequate state services. They are, it is often said, Africa's future, the potential dynamo to drive Africa's development. The focus is on three former British colonies: Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. Ghana is in West Africa and the latter two are in East Africa. Ghana is a liberal democracy, and Tanzania and Uganda have authoritarian governments. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the three countries, the authors examine what urban youth understand by “citizenship” and what it means to be a good citizen. Based on extensive interviews and focus group discussions with young urban Africans, including advocates, activists, and community leaders, both secular and religious, the book explains how income, religion, and gender influence young urban Africans' sense of citizenship. Oxford University Press (OUP) 2024-08 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9532/1/Africa%E2%80%99s%20Urban%20Youth.pdf Haynes, Jeffrey (2024) Book review : Africa's urban youth: challenging marginalization, claiming citizenship by Amy S. Patterson, Tracy Kuperus, and Megan Hershey. Political Science Quarterly, 139 (3). pp. 495-496. ISSN 1538-165X https://doi.org/10.1093/psquar/qqae068 10.1093/psquar/qqae068 10.1093/psquar/qqae068 |
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