Griffiths, M orcid.org/0000-0003-2592-0869 (2024) Disabled youth participation within activism and social movement bases: An empirical investigation of the UK Disabled People’s Movement. Current Sociology, 72 (1). 83 -100. ISSN 0011-3921
Abstract
Understanding disabled youth activism is key for improving young disabled people’s participation in politics and social change. Young disabled people require opportunities to situate historical and biographical experiences within broader socio-economic contexts. This will lead to a politicised consciousness surrounding disability, emancipation and social justice. This article presents empirical data from the first study on young disabled people’s contemporary position within the UK Disabled People’s Movement. It critically assesses three areas pertinent to youth activism: activist membership, social movement organisation and future considerations for activism. This allows for an exploration of how young disabled activists navigate collective action, influence activist claims and demands and understand the issues for sustaining a disabled people’s social movement. The article illustrates young disabled activists’ desire to disrupt their current position within the UK Disabled People’s Movement and bring into focus a future where young disabled people’s contributions to activism and social movements are accessible, valued and influential. The article argues that a failure to support young disabled people’s participation within social movements will have an adverse impact on their political identities.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2022. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Activism, collective action, disability, Disabled People’s Movement, social movements, youth |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Leverhulme Trust ECF-2019-427 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2022 11:41 |
Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2024 15:54 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/00113921221100579 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187840 |