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Reshaping Youth Participation: Manchester in a European Gaze

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(2022), "Index", McMahon, G., Rowley, H. and Batsleer, J. (Ed.) Reshaping Youth Participation: Manchester in a European Gaze, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 245-251. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-358-820221016

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INDEX

Abject identities
, 117–119, 199, 226

Action research
, 7, 32–33, 35–36, 38, 116

Activism
, 4, 8, 70–71, 74, 87, 89, 111, 168, 207, 218, 220–221, 224, 234, 237

arts
, 6

cultural and social
, 2

grassroots
, 69

online
, 216

political
, 71, 73, 88, 209, 228

radical
, 17, 219

social
, 149

young women’s
, 75, 78

Agency, The
, 20, 158, 168, 192, 225–226, 228

and North Manchester
, 159–162

participation as creative agency
, 168–171

participation through creative agency
, 162–168

self-belief and empowerment
, 171

Anger
, 37, 78, 129, 152, 165, 223

management skills
, 163

power
, 9, 111

of symbolic violence
, 134–137

Animateurs
, 139, 159, 235

Anti-migration policies
, 114

Anti-racist

activism
, 69

forms of community
, 159

mobilisation
, 114, 123

Anti-social Behaviour Orders (ASBO)
, 3

Arts activism
, 6, 111, 192

Assimilationist principle
, 78

Austerity
, 4, 37, 215, 230

measures
, 148

policies
, 3

politics
, 236

Banking pedagogy
, 60

Black feminism
, 144

Brexit
, 203

Capitalism
, 24, 93–95, 102, 107, 183, 207

analysis
, 86, 95

exploitative nature
, 91

late
, 23, 95

logics
, 184

Capitalist system
, 221

City of Gothenburg
, 53–54

City of Manchester
, 1–4

Communism
, 94–95

Community
, 22, 92, 102, 159–161, 167, 233

African Caribbean
, 2–3

cohesion
, 169

development
, 133, 159

engagement
, 237s

partnerships
, 7

settings
, 130

Community Service Volunteers
, 2

Contemporary politics
, 91

Coping
, 100, 108, 221

between performative self-contradictions and
, 105–106

collective
, 106

with exclusion
, 103

strategy
, 106

‘Coping with life’ concept
, 100

Counter-hegemonic politics
, 100–101, 106

Counter-politics
, 75, 100, 108, 221

Counterpower
, 122–123, 223

Counterstatement
, 10, 114–115, 119–121, 123, 223

COVID-19 pandemic
, 4, 20

Creative agency, participation through
, 162–168, 170, 225

Creative Agents
, 166, 169, 171, 225

Creative process
, 128, 166

Creativity
, 35, 128, 137, 145, 152, 159, 161, 163–164, 168, 170–171, 176, 192, 199, 225, 233, 236

and performance
, 158

of witnessing
, 137–140

Cultural democracy
, 11, 156, 159

new forms of
, 11, 159, 170, 192, 225

Democracy
, 6–8, 10–11, 28, 47, 59, 233, 236

cultural
, 11, 156, 159, 170, 192, 225

democratic action
, 32

liberal
, 76–77, 176, 184–185

in music
, 185–188

representative
, 227

youth
, 19–21

Democratic process
, 11, 23, 31, 76–77, 129, 197, 226

Egalitarianism of NU
, 177–178

Emancipation
, 24, 65, 78, 85, 91, 94, 208, 222

Empowerment
, 22, 24, 78, 171, 192, 203, 205, 208–211, 219, 228–229

intensity
, 18

marginalised groups
, 134

of symbolic violence
, 134–137

Ethnic music
, 191–193

political meaning
, 193–194

European Charter of Youth Rights
, 235

European Gaze
, 7, 12, 215

setting context of Manchester in
, 6–7

European migrant crisis
, 148

Experimental Anatolian music. See Ethnic music

Experimental music
, 173–174

Expressive instrumentalism
, 208

F Café
, 174, 176–177, 187

Faceless project
, 122, 170

Factory Youth Zone
, 3, 158

Feminism
, 72, 90–91, 222

Black
, 144

Feminist
, 107, 236

activism
, 69–71

creating ‘politics of difference’
, 73–75

movement
, 76

perspectives
, 68

political personal
, 70–73

politics of difference and inclusive democracy
, 75–80

society
, 74

women
, 68–70

young
, 8–9, 72–73

Folk music
, 11, 193–194, 226

Formal participation
, 5, 8, 16, 19, 22–23, 62, 206, 211, 219, 227

Formal spaces
, 218–220, 228

ambivalences of ‘parasitical resistance’ in
, 16

de/merits
, 227

young people in
, 54–55

Fragile communities
, 146, 148, 152, 224

Fragility
, 143–146, 152, 224

participating from condition of
, 148–151

power
, 7

Free improv
, 174, 178, 186, 199, 226

Free jazz
, 174

‘Game of two halves’
, 215

Gay Liberation movement
, 2

Generation Z
, 4

Girls Work youth work initiative
, 235

Gothenburg Youth Council
, 8, 54, 219

Gramsci’s theory
, 100

of hegemony and counter-hegemony
, 9, 102

Grassroots democratic movement
, 101, 107

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
, 18

Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority (GMCYA)
, 18, 24–27, 53

‘Our Pass’ initiative
, 26–27

tokenism to parasitical resistance
, 22–24

young people
, 20–22

youth democracy
, 19–20

Group chat (Facebook)
, 38–39

Group members
, 35, 38–39, 46, 193, 195–197, 199

‘Hate campaign’
, 233

Hayê
, 11, 193–198, 226

Homeless migrants
, 10, 223

shelter for
, 147–148

‘Hostile environment’ (UK)
, 10, 114, 117–118, 120, 152, 169, 223

House of Commons (2020)
, 68, 114

Hybridisation
, 85

I love Manchester movement
, 233

Identity
, 23, 26, 70–71, 77–79, 85, 208, 236

ethnic
, 11, 198, 226

groups
, 85

issues
, 52

politics
, 84–86, 91, 94–95, 207, 222

Improv music
, 11, 192, 208

Improvisation
, 167, 170, 174–175, 179–180, 182–183, 192

Improvised music
, 174–175, 177, 179, 181–182

Inclusive democracy
, 75–80

Individualism
, 207

Interactions
, 20, 25, 44, 56, 62, 116–117, 121, 195–196, 198, 219–220

musical
, 181

social
, 183

‘Kosala Nakati’
, 115–117

Kurdish language
, 209

Labour Party
, 27, 87, 92

activities
, 89

structures
, 90

Late modernity (Giddens)
, 85

Lebensbewältigung (see ‘Coping with life’ concept)

Lesbian and Gay youth groups
, 2–3

Liberal democracy
, 76–77, 176, 184–185

Liquid society (Bauman)
, 85

Living Charter of Youth Rights
, 235–236

Living social alternatives
, 9, 103, 105–106, 221

Local youth councils
, 54

‘Lost and Found’ project
, 10, 128–129, 134, 137

Madchester
, 2

Make Your Mark campaign
, 19–20

Manchester
, 7–12, 19, 87, 139, 210, 218, 230

case study
, 80

city of
, 1–4

ethnographic case studies
, 69

in European context
, 203–205

in European Gaze
, 1, 230

Manchester-based young feminists
, 101

neighbourhood
, 170

Partispace project
, 4–6

setting context of
, 6–7

universities
, 87

Manchester Ship Canal
, 231

Manchester Young Researchers (MYR)
, 8, 32–34, 53, 219

Manchester Youth Council (MYC)
, 3, 19, 32, 34, 42, 47, 61–62, 231

Manchester Youth Zone. See Factory Youth Zone

Marginalised communities
, 11, 152, 159, 224–225

Marxian theory
, 87–88, 90–91

Members of European Parliament (MEPs)
, 68

Members of UKYP (MYPs)
, 19–20

Mental ecology
, 184

Metanarratives
, 84–86, 94

Micro-politics
, 184

Migrants
, 2, 10, 122, 146–148, 150, 224

African
, 163

illegal
, 114

shelter for homeless
, 147–148

Millennials
, 4

Miner’s space
, 158

Music
, 197

democracy in
, 185–188

political meaning of ethnic
, 193–194

Mutuality
, 129–130, 137, 175, 236

themes of
, 140

Negotiation
, 27, 38, 100, 129, 133, 140, 146, 175, 209

Noise Upstairs, The (NU)
, 11, 174, 192

democracy in music
, 185–188

F Café
, 176–177

format
, 179–180

musicians
, 225

outlier case study
, 175–176

social aesthetics, affective intensities and event-care
, 181–185

Northern Powerhouse Strategy
, 3

Open plenary
, 101, 104

Optimism
, 25, 28, 145, 218

‘Our Pass’ initiative
, 26–27

Parallel pedagogies
, 60

Parasitical resistance
, 7, 18–19, 23–27, 62, 218, 227

tokenism to
, 22–24

Participatory action research projects (PAR projects)
, 1, 4–5, 7–10, 35–36, 114–115, 128, 168, 205–206, 216, 218–219, 222–223

Participatory democracy
, 77

Participatory parity
, 122, 212, 229

Participatory process
, 38, 61

Parties
, 68, 101, 104

PARTISPACE
, 1, 34, 59, 101, 139

European Project
, 1

funding
, 7

project
, 4–5, 22, 52, 87, 93

research
, 1, 6, 60, 158, 166

study
, 1, 36, 115, 128, 175, 186, 192, 216

theme
, 169

UK Research Team
, 5–6

Pedagogisation of youth participation
, 211

Performance ethnography
, 176, 187

Performative self-contradictions, between coping and
, 105–106

Political activism
, 71, 73, 88, 209, 228

Political approach
, 84–85, 91

Political Cultural Centre (PCC)
, 101–102, 105, 221

activists
, 102

attempts
, 102–103

desire
, 104

political program
, 106

socialising style
, 106

Political economy
, 86–87, 90

Political engagement, nature of
, 93–94

Political hegemony
, 8, 65, 222

Political participation
, 3, 11, 47, 67, 69–73, 78, 85, 93, 103, 111, 122, 217, 222, 226

Political parties
, 32, 56, 68

Political process
, 23, 73, 215–216

Political space
, 20, 70, 73, 100, 148, 170

Political-personal journeys
, 9, 220

Politics
, 70, 102, 197

contemporary
, 91

counter-hegemonic
, 100–101

identity
, 85–86

mainstream
, 92–93

of needs interpretation
, 212

Politics of difference
, 8, 69–70, 73–75, 207, 220

and inclusive democracy
, 75–80

Postmodern condition
, 85

Postmodern politics
, 94–95

Postmodern theories
, 86

Postmodern theorisations
, 86

Poverty Porn
, 158, 162, 169

Protagonists
, 159–161, 169

Public space
, 11, 122–123, 197, 203, 209, 212, 235

Public sphere
, 10, 76, 122–123, 144, 152, 198, 209, 223

Race
, 19–20, 84, 91, 94, 169, 182, 197

Racism
, 58–59, 61–62, 90, 164, 169

experiences
, 117

in society
, 58

Radical democracy
, 170, 187, 232

Re-singularisation
, 184

Recognition
, 4, 9, 85, 102, 119, 121–122, 208–210, 233

dilemma
, 12, 205–206, 227–228

mutual
, 236

struggle for
, 207–208

Redistribution
, 24, 26, 212, 229

Refugee and Asylum Participatory Action Research (RAPAR)
, 115–117, 151–152, 208, 224, 236–237

Refugee
, 146, 224, 232

crisis
, 87–88

seekers
, 90, 208

Relationality
, 129–131, 134

Representative democracy
, 59, 68, 206, 227

Resilience
, 10, 111, 143–146, 150

contextual conceptualisation
, 146

as maintenance
, 150

as marginality
, 150

as renewal
, 9, 150

Resistance
, 7, 24, 94–95, 114–115, 145–146, 149

parasitical
, 18–19, 23–27, 62, 227

radical
, 8, 17, 219

Rhizomatic moment of improvisation
, 187

Risk society (Beck)
, 85

Self-belief
, 171

Separatism
, 78

Sexism
, 26, 28, 90–91

Social aesthetics
, 175, 181–185

Social change
, 19, 65, 100, 131–134, 162, 198, 221–222

Social intercourse
, 116–117, 119, 124

Social justice
, 8, 18, 22, 65, 76–77, 79, 182, 212, 225

Social learning
, 9–10, 111, 129–130, 136, 152, 223

Social movements
, 69, 76, 100, 108, 114, 122, 144, 198, 220

Social relations
, 11, 23, 56, 58, 62, 70, 77, 132, 173, 182, 225

Socialism
, 89, 94

Socialist in Manchester

alliances in common struggles
, 90

communism
, 94–95

identity politics
, 85–86, 94–95

nature of political engagement
, 93–94

night protest
, 90–91

revolutionary ideas
, 89

socialist party and socialist students
, 86–94

socialist students and mainstream politics
, 92–93

squashing energy
, 89–90

youth participation and contemporary politics
, 91

Socialist party
, 86–95

Socialist students
, 9, 84, 86–95, 207, 220

and mainstream politics
, 92–93

Spaces
, 1, 4–5, 75

support from professionals in youth
, 57

young people in formal
, 54–55

Street Work Homeless Project
, 128, 130–131, 133, 138, 223

Student Union
, 87–88, 92, 233

Symbolic violence
, 134

anger, empowerment and reoccurrence of
, 134–137

experience
, 129

Tactics for playing ethnic music in streets of Eskişehir
, 194–197

Taking part
, 102–103

Terrorism Prevention Forces
, 196

Tokenism
, 18, 28, 205, 210

characteristics
, 59–60

to parasitical resistance
, 22–24

Transcendence
, 76

Transversal micro-politics
, 183

Transversality
, 184

Trust
, 129–131, 136, 175

UK Research Team
, 5–6

UK Youth Parliament (UKYP)
, 19

Universality
, 76, 85–86

Vietnam Solidarity Campaign
, 2

Voloshinov’s method
, 9–10, 113–119, 123, 222–223

Volunteering
, 2, 21, 28, 144, 149, 163, 217

Vulnerable groups
, 134, 209, 211, 228

Wisdom
, 29, 36, 145

Witnessing
, 48, 128–129, 135, 137

creativity and importance of
, 137–140

Women
, 68–70

movement
, 78

political participation
, 70

rights
, 72–73

Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM)
, 72

Work

in Manchester
, 215

package
, 35

Working-class culture
, 159, 162, 167–168, 170

emergent forms of
, 163

historic and contemporary forms
, 159

positive version of
, 162

Young activists
, 74–75, 79, 114, 117–119, 122, 147–149, 151, 223, 232–233

language and signs in
, 120

in Manchester
, 123

struggle for recognition
, 122

Young feminists
, 8–9, 70, 72–75, 79, 101, 207–208, 211, 220–222

Young Manchester
, 3

Young people
, 6, 19–22, 32, 36–38, 100, 159, 161

abject identities
, 117–119

activist voice
, 115

evaluating process
, 40–43

faceless
, 119–121

in formal spaces
, 54–55

ideological sign of
, 119

Kosala Nakati
, 115–117

MYR
, 32–34

project
, 34–36

reflections on informal, autonomous participation
, 43–46

UK’s ‘Hostile Environment’ and Resistance
, 114

youth homelessness research initiative
, 38–40

Young women
, 26, 70, 72–73, 75, 78–80, 207, 220, 235

activism
, 75, 78

feminist activism
, 69–70

feminist journeys
, 8–9

political participation
, 69

YoungRAPAR
, 115

Youth assembly
, 21, 23, 28, 205

Youth congresses
, 5

Youth Council
, 2, 5, 31, 34, 43, 62, 168

city of Gothenburg
, 53–54

motivations for participation
, 57–59

sociability
, 55–57

support from professionals in youth spaces
, 57

young people in formal spaces
, 54–55

Youth Council of Gothenburg (YCG)
, 52, 54

Youth culture
, 2, 52

Youth Development Trust
, 2

Youth Focus Northwest (YFNW)
, 18–19, 21

Youth forums
, 3, 5

Youth Homelessness Research Initiative
, 38–40

Youth participation
, 1–2, 5, 24, 32, 34, 91, 101, 130, 147, 149, 160, 167–168, 192, 201–202, 231

ambivalences and tensions
, 205–210

in Manchester
, 202, 215

Manchester in European context
, 203–205

role of researcher in
, 36

Youth spaces, support from professionals in
, 57

Youth voice
, 3, 21, 25

groups
, 20

initiatives
, 19

programmes
, 233

work
, 3

Youthforia
, 19–20, 40

Zabıta
, 196

Zakat
, 195

Prelims
Chapter 1: Introduction to ‘Manchester in a European Gaze’
Section 1: (Non)Formal Spaces for Representation and Democracy
Chapter 2: Democrat and/or Parasite: Beyond the Tokenism Debate in the Emergence of the Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority (A Manchester Case)
Chapter 3: Moving Out of Formal Structures: Young People as Independent Action Researchers (A Manchester Case)
Chapter 4: Youth Councils in Other Contexts (A European Commentary)
Section 2: Self-organising, Protest and Activist Movements
Chapter 5: Be(com)ing Feminist and Creating a ‘Politics of a Difference’ (A Manchester Case)
Chapter 6: Being a Socialist in Manchester (A Manchester Case)
Chapter 7: Counter-hegemonic Politics Between Coping and Performative Self-contradictions (A European Commentary)
Section 3: Precarity, Fragility, Resilience and Resistance
Chapter 8: ‘Faceless’: Young People Seeking Asylum and Safety (A Manchester Case)
Chapter 9: Who Was Lost and Who Was Found? (A Manchester Case)
Chapter 10: Fragilities: Participation as Resilience (A European Commentary)
Section 4: Creativity, Performance, Improvisation and Democracy
Chapter 11: Creativity and Enterprise: The Agency (A Manchester Case)
Chapter 12: Pulling a Politics Out of the Hat at ‘The Noise Upstairs’ (A Manchester Case)
Chapter 13: Opening up the Cracks: Street Music and Participation (A European Commentary)
Chapter 14: Necessity and Dilemmas of a Wide Notion of Youth Participation: European Perspectives
Chapter 15: (not a) Conclusion
Index