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An Introduction into the Civic Dimension of Social Exclusion: the Case of Romanian Youth
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Abstract A considerable part of the Romanian society does not have the necessary means to support a decent living standard that would allow people to be socially integrated. Among the multiple facets of integration, youth is particularly affected by the civic dimension of social exclusion. The paper tries to... view more
A considerable part of the Romanian society does not have the necessary means to support a decent living standard that would allow people to be socially integrated. Among the multiple facets of integration, youth is particularly affected by the civic dimension of social exclusion. The paper tries to find out the possible explanations for the occurrence of this phenomenon. We first present the way in which a poor material situation can impact negatively upon a young person’s chances to be included in society. Then we underline the importance of education, the macro economic factors and also the values of youth. In the study we have performed quantitative analyses, on available youth databases. The results show that the material and social resources may encourage civic participation when the situation is better, and when it is worse, will increase the potential for civic protest. Also, the education and the view on important issues, such as fight against corruption, are important factors that increase civic participation. However, youth have a low level of political socialization that is a possible explanation of their low level of civic involvement.... view less
Keywords
Romania; adolescent; social integration; socioeconomic factors; exclusion; inequality; educational opportunity; political participation; social participation; political socialization; post-socialist country
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical
Free Keywords
social exclusion; civic participation; youth participation; factors of social exclusion
Collection Title
A social Europe for youth: education to employment
Editor
Goudenhooft, Gabriela
Conference
Jean Monnet International Conference "A social Europe for youth: education to employment". Oradea, Romania, 2017
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Publisher
Univ. of Debrecen Press
City
Debrecen
Page/Pages
p. 336-347
ISBN
9789634739777
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed