Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part I. How Activism Contributes to Human Development and Democratic Renewal
1. Critique and Collective Agency in Youth Development 23
2. Millennial Youth and the Fight for Opportunity 53
3. “Not Down with the Shut Down”: Student Activism against School Closure 83
Part II. learning ecologies of youth activism
4. Teaching without Teaching 107
5. Schools as Sites of Struggle: Critical Civic Inquiry 134
Conclusion: Activism, Dignity, and Human Development 163
Methodological Appendix 185
Notes 201
Bibliography 213
Index 233
About the Author 237