Concept information
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sociology
social change
activism and social justice
political and social movements (Latin America and Caribbean)
Preferred term
Latin American student activism
Definition
- Student activism describes students of all backgrounds and political perspectives and includes public and private school students from elementary to graduate school who do various kinds of (usually organized) work—marches, flyers, strikes, walk-outs, forums—aimed at making or resisting change. In general, actions of students are aimed either at changing current school and/or sociopolitical policies and practices or at resisting recent or proposed changes to school and/or sociopolitical policies and practices. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Student Activism, Latin American]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Latin_American_student_activism
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