Highlight moments and situations to explicitly illustrate those principles and their importance
Highlight moments and situations to explicitly illustrate those principles and their importance
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Young people’s interest in politics in EU, representative democracy and other ways of participation
Interest in the political life of society is a stepping stone to involvement in community life and vice versa. An interest in politics stimulates an individual to become informed about how the policy-making process works, what the opinions of different stakeholders are, and what means of participation are available. This article makes an overview of the “participation” part of the…
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Stakeholder views on different forms of youth participation
Youth participation includes a wide variety of practices such as civic education of young people, volunteering and community activism. The survey wanted to focus only on forms of participation which aim to support and enable young people to influence political or public body decision making; To develop the descriptions for each form, it drew on the work of Gretschel et…
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New and innovative ways of youth participation in decision making processes
Traditional forms of youth participation Bacalso (2016) argues that traditional forms of youth participation are concerned with “formal politics, broader policy goals, typically hierarchical institutions, and long-term engagement”. Such forms are likely to employ the ‘youth development model’ where youth is seen as a transitional stage – with participation mainly about young people learning to become active citizens rather than…
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Youth participation in decision-making process
Participation is not an easy concept to define. Most reflections go into a direction where participation is rather a process than a one-time event[1]. Participation is an essential element of citizenship in a democratic society, and democratic Europe. European institutions and organizations repeatedly emphasize the importance of youth participation to foster young people’s active citizenship, enhance their integration, their inclusion…
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