Critical Geographies of Youth by Gloria Howerton, Leanne Purdum - 9781952271946

Critical Geographies of YouthLaw, Policy, and Power\nAuthor(s): Gloria Howerton, Leanne Purdum\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: West Virginia University Press, United States\nImprint: West Virginia University Press\nISBN-13: 9781952271946, 978-1952271946\nSynopsis\nScholarly and activist perspectives on identities often overlooked in the study of geography: youth and age. Young people will bear the brunt of the impacts of present and emerging crises occurring at all scales, from the national to the global. This volume brings together scholars and activists from various backgrounds to analyze youth interactions with law and politics, focusing specifically on the US legal landscape. It uses the lens of youth geographies to consider how legal and political systems shape our spaces, and provides leading-edge perspectives through case studies of child labor, compulsory education, asylum claims, criminalization of youth, youth activism, and more. \n\n Of special interest in this volume is th.