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Multiple Exclusions: Civic and Political Disengagement of Vulnerable Youth in the European Union
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Abstract Declining levels of youth participation in conventional politics raise concerns about the future of representative democracies. Based on statistical analyses of public opinion survey data, this paper examines youth civic and political disengagement as symptoms of social exclusion. Our findings point... view more
Declining levels of youth participation in conventional politics raise concerns about the future of representative democracies. Based on statistical analyses of public opinion survey data, this paper examines youth civic and political disengagement as symptoms of social exclusion. Our findings point out that youth are a heterogeneous group and vulnerable young people living in the European Union face the risk of multiple exclusions that mutually reinforce each other: from the labor market, from education and from the democratic life of their societies. Thus, youth who are neither in education, nor in employment or training (NEET) tend to be the most politically marginalized group of young people in European democracies. Acknowledging the interplay between various dimensions of youth social exclusion provides valuable theoretical, methodological and policy insights for reducing youth marginalization and breaking the vicious circle that perpetuates it.... view less
Keywords
adolescent; EU; political participation; involvement; unemployment; poverty; educational opportunity; exclusion; marginality; deprivation; life career; political interest; voter turnout
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
social exclusion; young people; NEET
Collection Title
The Role of Intercultural Communication in Adapting Ethnic Groups to the European Union Social Space
Editor
Barth, Karla Melinda; Brie, Mircea; Dărăbăneanu, Dragoș; Polgár, István
Conference
International Conference "The Role of Intercultural Communication in Adaptation of Ethnic Groups to European Union Social Space". Oradea, 2019
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Publisher
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
City
Saarbrücken
Page/Pages
p. 477-505
ISBN
978-620-0-45841-4
Status
Preprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 1.0