Review of Finding Political Identities: Young People in a Changing Europe

What is it about?

This article is a review of the book Finding Political Identities: Young People in a Changing Europe written by Alistair Ross (2018).

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Why is it important?

What political issues concern young Europeans? Are they interested in politics? Do they identify with Europe? Are they more racist than other generations? To what extent do the schools and the media contribute to the formation of their political selves? Alistair Ross answers these and many other questions about how young Europeans construct their political identities at a moment when the European integration project is facing the rise of essential nationalisms, Eurosceptic sentiments, and xenophobic movements. This timely book is the result of a research project supported by the European Commission, which granted its author an ad personam Jean Monnet Chair of Education for citizenship in Europe. As a promoter of the Children’s Identity and Citizenship in Europe Academic Network, this Emeritus Professor of the London Metropolitan University has a long career in the subject.