Environmental Citizenship and Youth Activism

Reis, Pedro

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Environmental Citizenship and Youth Activism

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dc.contributor.author	Reis, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-13T10:25:53Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-13T10:25:53Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description.abstract	The exercise of Environmental Citizenship is strongly associated with a citizen’s capacity to act in society as an agent of change (ENEC 2018), and this depends on the development of a person’s willingness and competence for a critical, active and democratic engagement in preventing and solving environmental problems. There is a call for a citizenry that is well informed and empowered to take appropriate actions on the seriousness of the environmental problems affecting our world (Gray et al. 2009; Hodson 2003). However, many citizens do not feel empowered enough to participate in decision-making processes regarding socio-environmental issues, and, at the same time, the faith and trust in politicians have decreased, and political apathy is gaining ground (Hodson 2014). Throughout the past decade, the surge in authoritarian government practices, the failure of popular movements to replace undemocratic regimes and the increase in populist movements all over the world are fuelling concerns about a possible ‘democratic recession’ (Diamond 2015). Part of the success of this movement has been credited to the failures in mobilising young people’s political participation (Schulz et al. 2018; Jackson et al. 2016).	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	This chapter is based on work from Cost Action ENEC – European Network for Environmental Citizenship (CA16229) supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Reis, P. (2020). Environmental citizenship and youth activism. In A. Ch. Hadjichambis, P. Reis. D. Paraskeva-Hadjicambi, J. Cincera, J. Boeve-de Pauw, N. Gericke, & M-C. Knippels (Eds.), Conceptualizing environmental citizenship for 21st Century Education (pp. 139-148). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_9	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_9	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978-3-030-20248-4
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10451/56256
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.relation	European Network for Environmental Citizenship - COST Action 16229	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_9	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Environmental Citizenship	pt_PT
dc.subject	Youth activism	pt_PT
dc.subject	Citizenship	pt_PT
dc.subject	Science education	pt_PT
dc.subject	Activism	pt_PT
dc.subject	Citizen science	pt_PT
dc.subject	Environmental problems	pt_PT
dc.subject	Community research-informed action	pt_PT
dc.subject	Scientific literacy	pt_PT
dc.subject	Socially responsible curricula	pt_PT
dc.subject	WE ACT	pt_PT
dc.subject	Promoting Collective Activism on Socio-Scientific and Socio-Environmental Issues	pt_PT
dc.title	Environmental Citizenship and Youth Activism	pt_PT
dc.type	book part
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oaire.citation.endPage	148	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	139	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Conceptualizing environmental citizenship for 21st Century Education	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	4	pt_PT
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person.givenName	Pedro
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