When Students Protest by Judith Bessant, Analicia Mejia Mesi... - 9781786611765

When Students ProtestSecondary and High Schools\nAuthor(s): Judith Bessant, Analicia Mejia Mesinas, Sarah Pickard\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield International\nISBN-13: 9781786611765, 978-1786611765\nSynopsis\nStudent political action has been a major and recurring feature of politics across the globe throughout the past century. Students have been involved in a full range of public issues, from anti-colonial movements, anti-war campaigns, civil rights and pro-democracy movements to campaigns against neoliberal policies, austerity, racism, misogyny and calls for climate change action. Yet student protest actions are frequently dismissed by political elites and others as 'adolescent mischief' or manipulation of young people by duplicitous adults. This occurs even as many working in government, traditional media and educational organisations attempt to suppress student movements. Much of mainstream scholarly w.