ABSTRACT
This article analyzes trends in the research on youths as collective actors, in plural forms of action in the public-political space. The modalities of practices were aggregated around three axes: those derived from the student condition; those that affect youth cultures; and direct-action movements, alongside territorial-based associationism and identity-based mobilizations. The analysis focuses on academic texts written between 2006 and 2018, a period of high visibility of practices and conflicts concerning youth leadership in Brazil. It becomes evident that there are plural forms, connections, and displacements in young people’s collective practices, considering both the conjunctural changes, and the various temporalities of the mobilization processes.
Keywords
Youth; Social conflicts; Social movements; Identities