Youth and social movements on the move: political engagement among young Spanish migrants in London. (7th February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rubio, Clara; Clua i Fainé, Montserrat; Feixa Pàmpols, Carles
• Is Part Of: Journal of youth studies. Volume 22:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 223
• Page End: 239
• Publication Date: 2019-02-07
• Subjects: Youth migration -- social movements -- economic crisis; Youth -- Periodicals; Youth -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 305.235
• DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2018.1495834
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1367-6261

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Since the beginning of the economic crisis in Spain young people have migrated abroad looking for job opportunities. In the meantime, after the 15-M movement in 2011, Spanish society created various social movements hoping to make change happen, as well as the pro-independence movement in Catalonia that gathered strength as a response to the Spanish economic and political crisis. This paper analyses how Spanish young people in London, as transmigrants rooted in two different countries, engage with the politics of their home country through two transnational social movements in London: ANC England and the Maroon Wave London. The article describes both local movements (comparing their goals, structure and activities), showing the reasons that young Spanish migrants get involved and their experiences within them. It also rethinks the nature and modalities of young diasporic identities and political engagement in the global age through the experiences of the young people interviewed.