YPP Network Description

The MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics (YPP) formed out of recognition that youth are critical to the future of democracy and that the digital age is introducing technological changes that are impacting how youth develop into informed, engaged, and effective actors.

From Voice to Influence: Understanding Citizenship in the Digital Age
by Danielle Allen and Jennifer S. Light (editors)
June 19, 2015
Network member Danielle Allen along with MIT Professor Jennifer Light bring together a multidisciplinary group of scholars, including several from the YPP Network, to explore citizenship in the digital age.

Danielle Allen & Jennifer Light, From Voice to Influence: Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age, University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 2015, 376 pages.