Sarah Pickard
Biographic Data
| ID | 188753 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Pickard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Pickard |
| SIGNATURE | PICKARD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Sorbonne Nouvelle |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3303-208X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 136 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Young environmental activists and Do-It-Ourselves (DIO) politics
Young people are increasingly engaging in diverse forms of participatory politics, especially to obtain commitments from powerholders regarding climate change. Do-It-Ourselves (DIO) politics is a helpful concept to understand much of youth-led environmental activism today. It is when citizens participate politically beyond the ballot box, personally and collectively. For young environmental activists engaging in DIO politics, the ‘doing’ is broug…
Young People and Environmental Activism
This article provides an introduction to a Special Issue of The Journal of Youth Studies on young people and environmental politics. This volume was motivated by the wave of youth environmental activism from 2019 onwards, and by the need to address the gathering environmental crisis in the wake of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The introduction sets the scene for the Special Issue by explaining how and why environmental activi…
Youth and environmental activism
This chapter discusses specificities of youth environmental activism in the twenty-first century. It addresses why and how young people are involved in environmental movements on a global scale, as well as political responses. The chapter draws on existing literature and interviews with young climate strikers (Fridays for Future) and Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists. Young people living precarious lives are being and have been politically soci…
When Students Protest
Student political action has been a major and recurring feature of politics across the globe through 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 actions are frequently dismissed by political elites and ot…
“You are stealing our future in front of our very eyes.” The representation of climate change, emotions and the mobilisation of young environmental activists in Britain
“You are stealing our future in front of our very eyes.” These words from Greta Thunberg encapsulate two prominent themes in the global wave of environmental activism since 2018 and its discourse. First, climate change is represented as a “crisis” or an “emergency” and placed within dystopian narratives. Second, older generations, particularly politicians, are urged to take swift and substantial action, to both fulfil their generational responsib…
Peace, Protest and Precarity
The current young generation are living through socio-historically situated intersecting crises, including precarity and climate change. In these times of crisis, young people are also bearing witness to a distinctive global wave of youth-led activism involving protest actions. Much of this activism can be deemed dissent because many young activists are calling for systemic change, including the radical disruption, reimagining and rebuilding of t…
We Are Radical In Our Kindness
The year 2018 was a watershed in environmental activism, especially regarding young activists. Greta Thunberg started her School Strikes for Climate and the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion was founded. This article deals with young people's involvement in these two global movements. It draws on 60 semi-structured interviews carried out with young environmental activists before, during and after protest actions under the auspices of th…
Politics, Protest and Young People
International audience
Translating Bourdieu into youth studies
Against a backdrop of lively discussion about the best ways to do youth studies, or sociology of youth, this article asks: Can Pierre Bourdieu’s work be translated into youth studies in ways that benefit the field? We begin by considering Bourdieu’s thoughts on the category of ‘youth’ using a new translation of this text, and then turn to an important discussion by Furlong, Woodman, and Wyn about certain long standing tensions in youth studies. T…
Fuerza excesiva, vigilancia policial coercitiva y criminalización de la disidencia. Reprimir la protesta de los jóvenes en la Gran Bretaña del siglo XXI
Las acciones de protesta organizadas por los jóvenes, y en las que estos son protagonistas clave, son cada vez más numerosas y diversas. Este artículo constituye un estudio de caso detallado de la evolución de los métodos y los medios utilizados por la policía, y del marco legislativo relativo a estas protestas y a los jóvenes manifestantes en Gran Bretaña, basado en la sociología política, las ciencias políticas, la criminología y los estudios s…
Young People Re-Generating Politics in Times of Crises
France’s #Nuit Debout Social Movement
Set against a backdrop of austerity and neoliberal policies affecting many young people adversely, the Nuit Debout protest movement in France began in March 2016 when people gathered in public spaces to oppose the Socialist government’s plan to introduce neoliberal labour legislation. Like other post-2008 movements, Nuit Debout was leaderless, non-hierarchical, and relied on social media for political communication and to mobilise participants. T…
Anti-social Behaviour in Britain
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection examines diverse forms of anti-social behaviour in Victorian and contemporary Britain, providing a unique comparison of the methods which have been emp
Anti-Social Behaviour in Britain
French youth policy in an age of austerity
When François Hollande became the new president of the French Republic on 6 May 2012, as a moderate socialist, he pledged to make young people his priority and put an end to the neoliberal austerity measures introduced by his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy from the centre-right UMP party. This article explores youth policy in France from 2005 to 2013, in order to ascertain similarities and differences regarding attitudes towards youth and welfare du…
Les politiques de la jeunesse au Royaume-Uni et en France
Au XXIe siècle, la jeunesse est très souvent associée à des représentations négatives. Si l’on se fie au discours politique, aux médias et à l’opinion publique au Royaume-Uni et en France, les jeunes constitueraient une génération désœuvrée et dangereuse pour l’ordre social. Or, comme le montre cet ouvrage, le principal enjeu auquel sont confrontés les pouvoirs publics des deux côtés de la Manche concerne le déclin des formes traditionnelles de p…
ConneXions, réseau d'aide gouvernementale aux jeunes anglais
Cet article analyse le service Connexions , un réseau national d’aide gouvernementale pour tous les jeunes anglais de 13 à 19 ans, créé en 2000 par le gouvernement travailliste de Tony Blair, parmi une série de mesures contre l’exclusion sociale. Avec Connexions , conçu comme guichet unique d’accueil, d’information et d’orientation, le principal objectif du gouvernement était de réduire le nombre de jeunes de 16, 17 et 18 ans en grande difficulté…
We Are Radical In Our Kindness
The year 2018 was a watershed in environmental activism, especially regarding young activists. Greta Thunberg started her School Strikes for Climate and the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion was founded. This article deals with young people's involvement in these two global movements. It draws on 60 semi-structured interviews carried out with young environmental activists before, during and after protest actions under the auspices of th…
Young environmental activists and Do-It-Ourselves (DIO) politics
Young people are increasingly engaging in diverse forms of participatory politics, especially to obtain commitments from powerholders regarding climate change. Do-It-Ourselves (DIO) politics is a helpful concept to understand much of youth-led environmental activism today. It is when citizens participate politically beyond the ballot box, personally and collectively. For young environmental activists engaging in DIO politics, the ‘doing’ is broug…
Young People and Environmental Activism
This article provides an introduction to a Special Issue of The Journal of Youth Studies on young people and environmental politics. This volume was motivated by the wave of youth environmental activism from 2019 onwards, and by the need to address the gathering environmental crisis in the wake of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The introduction sets the scene for the Special Issue by explaining how and why environmental activi…
France’s #Nuit Debout Social Movement
Set against a backdrop of austerity and neoliberal policies affecting many young people adversely, the Nuit Debout protest movement in France began in March 2016 when people gathered in public spaces to oppose the Socialist government’s plan to introduce neoliberal labour legislation. Like other post-2008 movements, Nuit Debout was leaderless, non-hierarchical, and relied on social media for political communication and to mobilise participants. T…
Translating Bourdieu into youth studies
Against a backdrop of lively discussion about the best ways to do youth studies, or sociology of youth, this article asks: Can Pierre Bourdieu’s work be translated into youth studies in ways that benefit the field? We begin by considering Bourdieu’s thoughts on the category of ‘youth’ using a new translation of this text, and then turn to an important discussion by Furlong, Woodman, and Wyn about certain long standing tensions in youth studies. T…
Fuerza excesiva, vigilancia policial coercitiva y criminalización de la disidencia. Reprimir la protesta de los jóvenes en la Gran Bretaña del siglo XXI
Las acciones de protesta organizadas por los jóvenes, y en las que estos son protagonistas clave, son cada vez más numerosas y diversas. Este artículo constituye un estudio de caso detallado de la evolución de los métodos y los medios utilizados por la policía, y del marco legislativo relativo a estas protestas y a los jóvenes manifestantes en Gran Bretaña, basado en la sociología política, las ciencias políticas, la criminología y los estudios s…
ConneXions, réseau d'aide gouvernementale aux jeunes anglais
Cet article analyse le service Connexions , un réseau national d’aide gouvernementale pour tous les jeunes anglais de 13 à 19 ans, créé en 2000 par le gouvernement travailliste de Tony Blair, parmi une série de mesures contre l’exclusion sociale. Avec Connexions , conçu comme guichet unique d’accueil, d’information et d’orientation, le principal objectif du gouvernement était de réduire le nombre de jeunes de 16, 17 et 18 ans en grande difficulté…
ConneXions, réseau d'aide gouvernementale aux jeunes anglais
Cet article analyse le service Connexions , un réseau national d’aide gouvernementale pour tous les jeunes anglais de 13 à 19 ans, créé en 2000 par le gouvernement travailliste de Tony Blair, parmi une série de mesures contre l’exclusion sociale. Avec Connexions , conçu comme guichet unique d’accueil, d’information et d’orientation, le principal objectif du gouvernement était de réduire le nombre de jeunes de 16, 17 et 18 ans en grande difficulté…
Les politiques de la jeunesse au Royaume-Uni et en France
Au XXIe siècle, la jeunesse est très souvent associée à des représentations négatives. Si l’on se fie au discours politique, aux médias et à l’opinion publique au Royaume-Uni et en France, les jeunes constitueraient une génération désœuvrée et dangereuse pour l’ordre social. Or, comme le montre cet ouvrage, le principal enjeu auquel sont confrontés les pouvoirs publics des deux côtés de la Manche concerne le déclin des formes traditionnelles de p…
Anti-social Behaviour in Britain
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection examines diverse forms of anti-social behaviour in Victorian and contemporary Britain, providing a unique comparison of the methods which have been emp
Anti-Social Behaviour in Britain
French youth policy in an age of austerity
When François Hollande became the new president of the French Republic on 6 May 2012, as a moderate socialist, he pledged to make young people his priority and put an end to the neoliberal austerity measures introduced by his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy from the centre-right UMP party. This article explores youth policy in France from 2005 to 2013, in order to ascertain similarities and differences regarding attitudes towards youth and welfare du…
Young People Re-Generating Politics in Times of Crises
France’s #Nuit Debout Social Movement
Set against a backdrop of austerity and neoliberal policies affecting many young people adversely, the Nuit Debout protest movement in France began in March 2016 when people gathered in public spaces to oppose the Socialist government’s plan to introduce neoliberal labour legislation. Like other post-2008 movements, Nuit Debout was leaderless, non-hierarchical, and relied on social media for political communication and to mobilise participants. T…
Politics, Protest and Young People
International audience
Translating Bourdieu into youth studies
Against a backdrop of lively discussion about the best ways to do youth studies, or sociology of youth, this article asks: Can Pierre Bourdieu’s work be translated into youth studies in ways that benefit the field? We begin by considering Bourdieu’s thoughts on the category of ‘youth’ using a new translation of this text, and then turn to an important discussion by Furlong, Woodman, and Wyn about certain long standing tensions in youth studies. T…
Fuerza excesiva, vigilancia policial coercitiva y criminalización de la disidencia. Reprimir la protesta de los jóvenes en la Gran Bretaña del siglo XXI
Las acciones de protesta organizadas por los jóvenes, y en las que estos son protagonistas clave, son cada vez más numerosas y diversas. Este artículo constituye un estudio de caso detallado de la evolución de los métodos y los medios utilizados por la policía, y del marco legislativo relativo a estas protestas y a los jóvenes manifestantes en Gran Bretaña, basado en la sociología política, las ciencias políticas, la criminología y los estudios s…
We Are Radical In Our Kindness
The year 2018 was a watershed in environmental activism, especially regarding young activists. Greta Thunberg started her School Strikes for Climate and the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion was founded. This article deals with young people's involvement in these two global movements. It draws on 60 semi-structured interviews carried out with young environmental activists before, during and after protest actions under the auspices of th…
Youth and environmental activism
This chapter discusses specificities of youth environmental activism in the twenty-first century. It addresses why and how young people are involved in environmental movements on a global scale, as well as political responses. The chapter draws on existing literature and interviews with young climate strikers (Fridays for Future) and Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists. Young people living precarious lives are being and have been politically soci…
When Students Protest
Student political action has been a major and recurring feature of politics across the globe through 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 actions are frequently dismissed by political elites and ot…
“You are stealing our future in front of our very eyes.” The representation of climate change, emotions and the mobilisation of young environmental activists in Britain
“You are stealing our future in front of our very eyes.” These words from Greta Thunberg encapsulate two prominent themes in the global wave of environmental activism since 2018 and its discourse. First, climate change is represented as a “crisis” or an “emergency” and placed within dystopian narratives. Second, older generations, particularly politicians, are urged to take swift and substantial action, to both fulfil their generational responsib…
Peace, Protest and Precarity
The current young generation are living through socio-historically situated intersecting crises, including precarity and climate change. In these times of crisis, young people are also bearing witness to a distinctive global wave of youth-led activism involving protest actions. Much of this activism can be deemed dissent because many young activists are calling for systemic change, including the radical disruption, reimagining and rebuilding of t…
Young environmental activists and Do-It-Ourselves (DIO) politics
Young people are increasingly engaging in diverse forms of participatory politics, especially to obtain commitments from powerholders regarding climate change. Do-It-Ourselves (DIO) politics is a helpful concept to understand much of youth-led environmental activism today. It is when citizens participate politically beyond the ballot box, personally and collectively. For young environmental activists engaging in DIO politics, the ‘doing’ is broug…
Young People and Environmental Activism
This article provides an introduction to a Special Issue of The Journal of Youth Studies on young people and environmental politics. This volume was motivated by the wave of youth environmental activism from 2019 onwards, and by the need to address the gathering environmental crisis in the wake of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The introduction sets the scene for the Special Issue by explaining how and why environmental activi…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Environmentalism (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Sciences and Governance (4 works)