What is it about?
In times of economic hardship the youth resort to alternative forms of political engagement to re-appropriate space, free time and leisure through self-organized and mutualist practices. They open culture-cultural spaces, organize free-of-charge sport training, concerts and services as alternatives to the commodification of free time and leisure.
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Why is it important?
The findings show that in times of economic and political crises the youth mobilise less through conventional means of action (like street protests), and tent to self-organise on the local level through alternative and unconventional forms of political commitment which re-appropriate space, free time, and access to leisure by means of mutualistic practices.
Perspectives
I believe this article contributes to shed light on the different ways the youth mobilize in times of economic and political crises. It shows that they resort less to activism through traditional mass organizations like trade unions and political parties, but nevertheless engage actively in alternative and unconventional forms of political commitment to re-appropriate space, free time, and access to leisure through mutualism and self-organization.
Chiara Milan
Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz
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This page is a summary of: Rebelling Against Time: Recreational Activism as Political Practice Among the Italian Precarious Youth, American Behavioral Scientist, February 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0002764219831744.
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