Student politics

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Student politics is a broad term that can mean either,

1) The politics engaged in by students (also known as the Student movement or student activism), which may mean street protests, sit-ins, or a student strike. Examples of this are the Opposition to the Vietnam War in America, the student revolt in Paris, May 1968, the Iranian students' participation during the Iranian Revolution, 1979, the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, or the Vandals, Ghana.

2) The level of politics that is entirely occupied by students. This could mean student body elections and competing in student union elections or positions on academic or administrative boards for universities or colleges.

3) Political parties, run only by students and focusing on student interests, actively taking part in local town hall elections. The oldest such example is the party STIP, taking part in the town hall of Delft since 1994.

Student politics can often be violent and manipulative: students are, after all, young people and liable to be used for the political benefit of others. This has often been the case in Bangladesh[1].

4)Idealistic, often naive politics and posturing.