Governing Youth Politics in the Age of Surveillance

Maria T. Grasso is Professor at the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. She is the author of Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe (2016) and co-editor of Austerity and Protest: Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis (2015). Her research focuses on political sociology and political engagement. Judith Bessant is Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. She is widely published with books in policy, sociology, politics, youth studies, media studies and history, and has worked as an advisor for governments and non-government organisations. In 2017, she became a Member of the Order of Australia for her significant service to education as a social scientist, advocate and academic specialising in youth studies research.

Part I: Dissent and Democratic Practice 1. Governing Youth Politics in the Age of Surveillance, Judith Bessant and Maria Grasso 2. Theorising Student Protest, Liberalism and the Problem of Legitimacy, Rob Watts Part II: Youthful Protest and Repressive Law 3. Panic Works: the ‘Gag Law’ and the Unruly Youth in Spain, Kerman Calvo and Martín Portos 4. Controlling Dissent through Security in Contemporary Spain, Laura María Fernández de Mosteyrín and Pedro Limón López 5. 'Proxy Repression'? The Causes Behind the Change of Protest Control Repertoire by the Université Du Québec À Montréal during the 2015 Student Strike, Luc Chicoine 6. Governing, Monitoring and Regulating Youth Protest in Contemporary Britain, Sarah Pickard Part III: Antiterror Legislation and the Youthful Other 7. Surveillance of young Muslims and counterterrorism in Kenya, Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen 8. On Becoming ‘Radicalised’: Pre-emptive Surveillance and Intervention to Save the Young Muslim in the UK, Vicki Coppock, Surinder Guru and Tony Stanley 9. Active Citizenship and Governmentality: The Politics and Resistance Of Young Muslims In The Security State, Anisa Mustafa Part IV: Resisting and Creating New Public Spheres 10. What Future for Young People’s Artistic Activism?, Jane McDonnell 11. Effects of the Regime in Malaysia on Youth Political Participation, Norhafiza Mohd Hed 12. Russian Politics of Radicalisation and Surveillance, Anna Schwenck 13. Biocultural Metrics and the Moral Policing of Young People’s Politics in Contemporary India, Pramod K. Nayar 14. Surveillance and the Student: Government Policing of Young Women’s Politics, Paromita Sen 15. Electoral Engineering and Surveillance: British Young People and Politics, Matt Henn, Ben Oldfield and Judith Bessant