Youth against hunger: service, activism and the mobilisation of young humanitarians in 1960s Britain



Bocking-Welch, Anna ORCID: 0000-0002-7131-4256
(2016) Youth against hunger: service, activism and the mobilisation of young humanitarians in 1960s Britain. European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire, 23 (1-2). pp. 154-170.

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Abstract

Youth have been a malleable resource in the fight against hunger, variously conceived as volunteers, political activists, global citizens and financial donors. This article uncovers competing (and sometimes complementary) visions for the participation of British youth in Youth Against Hunger, part of the United Nations Freedom from Hunger Campaign. In doing so, it makes two key contributions to the field. First, by uncovering the professionals and commentators who sought to involve adolescents in humanitarian activity, it accounts for the agency of a more diverse range of non-state participants and experts than are usually included in histories of humanitarianism. Second, in highlighting the pragmatic difficulties in aligning humanitarian and youth-work contexts, it illustrates how domestic concerns about British youth actively shaped the development of the humanitarian sector in this period.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Humanitarianism, youth, service, activism, fundraising, decolonisation
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 07 Feb 2018 09:06
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 07:37
DOI: 10.1080/13507486.2015.1121974
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3000849