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This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Korean Canadian youth and their engagement with the Korean Wave, the book proposes a critical understanding of the interactions between diasporic youth audiences and popular culture. By examining the Korean Wave as diasporic cultural practices rather than the diffusion of national cultural products, the book reveals the diversified ways in which cultural flows are negotiated by audiences who take up relatively ambivalent reception positions between two or more national and cultural contexts. This book expands the scope of transnational audience studies and youth cultural studies by focusing attention on the diasporic media practices of young people.

Cultural studies --- Popular culture --- Korean culture --- Korean popular culture --- Diasporic media --- The Korean Wave --- Hallyu --- Transnational audiences --- Digital media --- Korean-Canadian --- Youth culture --- Diasporic culture --- Open Access

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This book explores the prevailing role of rites of passage, ritual, and ceremony in contemporary children’s lives through the lens of modern-day incarnations of uniformed youth movements. It focuses on the socialising ritual and customary practices of present-day grass-roots Scout and Guide groups, asking how Britain’s largest and best-known uniformed youth organisations employ ritualised activities to express their values to their young members through language and gesture, story and song, dress, and physical artifacts. The author shows that these practices exist against a backdrop of culturally-constructed beliefs about what constitutes the ‘good child’ and ‘good childhood’ in twenty-first century Britain, with in-movement practices intended to help children develop positively and prepare for social life. The book draws on case study accounts of group performances, incorporating the voices of children and adults reflecting on their practices and experiences.

Age group sociology --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Sociology --- Social policy --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- World history --- etnologie --- sociologie --- geschiedenis --- sociale geschiedenis --- gezin --- welzijnsbeleid --- sociaal beleid --- jongerencultuur --- Sociology. --- Social groups. --- Youth --- Social history. --- Ethnology. --- Social policy. --- Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. --- Youth Culture. --- Social History. --- Sociocultural Anthropology. --- Social Policy. --- Social life and customs. --- Conduct of life. --- Societies and clubs.

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“In spite of political despair, a possibility of change arises if young people's will to participate in rebuilding solidarity is taken seriously. The book brings hope to the table without turning a blind eye to unevenly distributed structural uncertainties and the simultaneous presence of different suggestions for how to repair fractures in the social fabric—from pressures to assimilate to cosmopolitanism.” —Anna Lund, Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University, Sweden "The material studied in this book is diverse and gives a nice sociological dimension to the question explored and in relation with youth and belonging in multicultural and global contexts. It proposes a nuanced account of youth and crisis in multicultural societies." —Hervé Tchumkam, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of French and Postcolonial Studies, Southern Methodist University, USA This book explores disrupted youth cohesion in France within the context of multiple ongoing global economic, migratory, social, political, and security-related crises. While these trends can be observed in numerous Western societies, France provides a unique case study of various anticosmopolitan and anti-Enlightenment movements shaping youth conditions and reconfiguring relationships between the individual, the group, and society. The authors undertook in-depth interviews with French young people between the ages of 18 to 30 years old to inquire into how they experience "vivre ensemble" (living together) in a time of rising economic inequalities and multicultural tensions. Through these findings, they invite decision-makers, politicians, educators, and parents to propose a renewed narrative of social cohesion for youth who are not disillusioned, but deeply on edge.

Sociology. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Social groups. --- Youth --- Culture. --- Europe --- Comparative government. --- Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. --- Youth Culture. --- Sociology of Culture. --- European Politics. --- Comparative Politics. --- Social life and customs. --- Politics and government. --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Political science --- Gay culture Europe --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Association --- Group dynamics --- Groups, Social --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Social participation --- Social aspects

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This edited volume offers a critical, thorough, and interdisciplinary examination of arguments for eliminating the minimum democratic voting age. As children and youth increasingly assert their political voices on issues such as climate change, gun legislation, Black Lives Matter, and education reform, calls for youth enfranchisement merit further academic conversation. Leading scholars in childhood studies, political science, philosophy, history, law, medicine, and economics come together in this collection to explore the diverse assumptions behind excluding children from voting rights and why these are open to question. While arriving at different and sometimes competing conclusions, each chapter deconstructs the idea of voting as necessarily tied to age while reconstructing a more democratic imagination able to enfranchise the third of humanity made up by children and youth. Thus, this book defines and establishes a new field of academic study and public debate around children's suffrage. Chapter “The Reform that never happened: a history of children's suffrage restrictions” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. John Wall is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Childhood Studies, at Rutgers University Camden, USA. He also co-founded the international organization Children's Voting Colloquium. He has previously written and edited eight books, including Give Children the Vote (2021). .

Voting age. --- Youth --- Political activity. --- Politics and young people --- Youth in politics --- Young adults --- Age --- Suffrage --- Family policy. --- Human rights. --- Sociology. --- Social groups. --- Political science. --- Philosophy and social sciences. --- Children, Youth and Family Policy. --- Politics and Human Rights. --- Youth Culture. --- Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. --- Politics and International Studies. --- Philosophy of the Social Sciences. --- Social life and customs. --- Social sciences and philosophy --- Social sciences --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- State, The --- Association --- Group dynamics --- Groups, Social --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Social participation --- Social theory --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Families --- Families and state --- State and families --- Public welfare --- Social security --- Social policy --- Law and legislation --- Government policy