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A magyar fiatalok politikai részvételének változása
Changes in political participation among Hungarian youth

Author(s): Dániel Oross
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Debreceni Egyetem Politikatudományi és Szociológiai Intézet
Keywords: youth; youth policy; political participation; politics; public life

Summary/Abstract: Citizens’ political participation is a key issue of a democratic political system. The starting point of the paper is political participation of young people in democratic institutions is not merely a question of young people’s interest in politics, but also the result of institutional opportunities and mobilization channels that are available for them. The present article aims to interpret the political participation of Hungarian youth is interpreted more broadly than in former studies. On the one hand it shows how a change of attitudes occurred among Hungarian youth concerning the perception of political participation perception. On the other hand it describes the insti­tutional and social context where participation of Hungarian young people is taking place today

  • Issue Year: 5/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 25-41
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Hungarian