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Youth Activism and Global Awareness : The Emergence of the Operation Dagsverke Campaign in 1960s Sweden

Lundberg, Björn LU orcid (2022) In Contemporary European History p.1-15
Abstract
In recent years, school strikes and street protests for climate justice have drawn international attention to young people's mobilisation and activism on global issues. This article addresses the need to map the history of global awareness among young people by exploring the origins of the Operation Dagsverke (Operation Day's Work) campaign in Sweden during the early 1960s. Drawing primarily on material from the student-led school council organisation SECO, the aim is to show how young people mobilised support for addressing global issues. The results show that the campaign format was initially developed by university students in 1960, after which it was adapted by students in secondary education. It is argued that the campaign was... (More)
In recent years, school strikes and street protests for climate justice have drawn international attention to young people's mobilisation and activism on global issues. This article addresses the need to map the history of global awareness among young people by exploring the origins of the Operation Dagsverke (Operation Day's Work) campaign in Sweden during the early 1960s. Drawing primarily on material from the student-led school council organisation SECO, the aim is to show how young people mobilised support for addressing global issues. The results show that the campaign format was initially developed by university students in 1960, after which it was adapted by students in secondary education. It is argued that the campaign was successful in transforming time, a resource that young students possessed, into economic contributions. On the organisational level, the structure of the student council organisation SECO was important for the campaign's initial success. (Less)
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youth movements, internationalism, global awareness, Student council, Sweden
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Contemporary European History
pages
15 pages
publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISSN
0960-7773
DOI
10.1017/S0960777322000595
project
Knowing the world: Children, global education and environmental activism in Sweden after 1945
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Swedish
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5757f9e1-388f-4d70-be70-b41e9555c460
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  series       = {{Contemporary European History}},
  title        = {{Youth Activism and Global Awareness : The Emergence of the Operation Dagsverke Campaign in 1960s Sweden}},
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