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This chapter explores political involvement of youth through the perspectives of the third author, Dylan. We reflexively consider Dylan’s involvement in politics to extend his perspectives on political participation and analyze the ways in which politics impact children, and in turn, how children impact politics. Pushing back on the popular notion that children are not able to be ‘political’ because they are too young, we weave Dylan’s voice throughout a discussion of the role of young people in politics grounded in critical theoretical perspectives.
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- Political Participation
- Critical Pedagogy
- Political Engagement
- Political Involvement
- Dialectical Relationship
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Siry, C., Ali-Khan, C., Siry, D. (2014). Political Engagement as a Child. In: Tobin, K., Shady, A. (eds) Transforming Urban Education. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-563-2_22
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