| ID | 151665 |
| Title Proper | Negotiating ‘the political |
| Other Title Information | a closer look at the components of young people’s politics emerging from the Gezi Protests |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gümüs, Pınar |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Istanbul with participants of the Gezi Park Protests, this article studies how young people relate to the political. One of the most important priorities of this article is to discover new ways of thinking about young people and politics from a cultural perspective, and thereby rethink the notion of participation in relation to the political. Everyday life, values, and cultural practices are presented as lenses through which young people define the political. ‘Politics as doing’ emerges as the greatest commonality in the diverse definitions of the political, underlining the real, practical, and daily roots and effects of political action. Analyzing the diversity and overlaps within the differing perceptions and practices of the political by young people, this article underlines the need, and also possible ways, for thinking about youth political participation through new lenses. |
| `In' analytical Note | Turkish Studies Vol. 18, No.1; Mar 2017: p.77-101 |
| Journal Source | Turkish Studies 2017-03 18, 1 |
| Key Words | Social Movements ; Political Participation ; Political ; Gezi Park Protests ; Youth In Turkey |