Details
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 579-588 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Children and Society |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2025 |
Abstract
Young people's experiences of citizenship play a significant part in shaping their citizenship norms and practices. While young people's experiences as citizens have been explored in the literature, the places they inhabit, which shape their experiences, are often not considered. Using qualitative case study evidence in the form of 13 focus groups (n = 35) and 21 interviews with secondary school students aged 13–17 from three rural communities in Germany, this research contributes to our understanding of how place is related to young people's experiences of citizenship. Findings suggest that place acted as a reference point when participants discussed their citizenship practices. Furthermore, place determined the citizenship spaces participants encountered and acted as a lens through which current citizenship issues were interpreted.
Keywords
- citizen norms, citizen practices, citizenship, place, rural communities, young people
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Health(social science)
- Social Sciences(all)
- Education
- Social Sciences(all)
- Life-span and Life-course Studies
Cite this
- Standard
- Harvard
- Apa
- Vancouver
- BibTeX
- RIS
In: Children and Society, Vol. 39, No. 2, 03.2025, p. 579-588.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Young People's Experiences of Citizenship in Relation to Place
T2 - A Case Study of Three Rural Communities in Germany
AU - Suppers, Janina
AU - Vajen, Bastian
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 National Children's Bureau and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2025/3
Y1 - 2025/3
N2 - Young people's experiences of citizenship play a significant part in shaping their citizenship norms and practices. While young people's experiences as citizens have been explored in the literature, the places they inhabit, which shape their experiences, are often not considered. Using qualitative case study evidence in the form of 13 focus groups (n = 35) and 21 interviews with secondary school students aged 13–17 from three rural communities in Germany, this research contributes to our understanding of how place is related to young people's experiences of citizenship. Findings suggest that place acted as a reference point when participants discussed their citizenship practices. Furthermore, place determined the citizenship spaces participants encountered and acted as a lens through which current citizenship issues were interpreted.
AB - Young people's experiences of citizenship play a significant part in shaping their citizenship norms and practices. While young people's experiences as citizens have been explored in the literature, the places they inhabit, which shape their experiences, are often not considered. Using qualitative case study evidence in the form of 13 focus groups (n = 35) and 21 interviews with secondary school students aged 13–17 from three rural communities in Germany, this research contributes to our understanding of how place is related to young people's experiences of citizenship. Findings suggest that place acted as a reference point when participants discussed their citizenship practices. Furthermore, place determined the citizenship spaces participants encountered and acted as a lens through which current citizenship issues were interpreted.
KW - citizen norms
KW - citizen practices
KW - citizenship
KW - place
KW - rural communities
KW - young people
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85212979188&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/chso.12935
DO - 10.1111/chso.12935
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85212979188
VL - 39
SP - 579
EP - 588
JO - Children and Society
JF - Children and Society
SN - 0951-0605
IS - 2
ER -