The report presents a more detailed analysis of public opinion polls in the field of political participation and political representation of young people in Slovenia and also in a global perspective. The report is the starting point for creating instruments for verifying the political imaginary of young people and the imaginary of political representatives when it comes to representing the interests of young people.
F.24 Improvements to existing system-wide, normative and programme solutions, and methods
COBISS.SI-ID: 35515997In the first chapter, Danica Fink Hafner analyzes the destabilization of the Slovenian party system and the impact of various factors (Europeanization, international financial and economic crisis, characteristics of new political parties and the crisis of the transitional political generation) on the destabilization of the party system. context. Alenka Krašovec and Živa Broder analyze the characteristics of voters of successful new parties in Slovenia after 2010, focusing on the question of whether new parties found voters especially among those who are extremely disappointed with the functioning of the system or democracy and / or critical of their functioning, or however, they may have succeeded in mobilizing the former non-voters. In the third chapter, Meta Novak explores how the election campaign affects the political expression of voters. On the one hand, it pays special attention to the differences in the expression of people's political opinion during the official election campaign and outside it, and on the other hand it focuses on the impact of the campaign on the expression of political opinion of each social group according to gender, age and level of education. Tomaž Deželan and Miha Matjašič are also significantly involved in the election campaign period, as they analyze the party and election programs of Slovenian parties in the period 1990–2019. Tina Kogovšek and Alenka Krašovec perform an exploratory analysis of invalid ballot papers in the 2017 elections of the President of the Republic of Slovenia. Tanja Oblak Črnič and Elena Nacevska focus on two social groups, namely young people and women. Tanja Oblak Črnič wonders what kind of citizens young people are today, how they act politically and in what way they define themselves on political topics. In the analysis of the presidential election, Elena Nacevska focuses on the analysis of the self-presentation of candidates through digital media, especially Facebook, during the election campaign.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 297967872A special issue of the scientific journal presents an expert assessment of the situation in the field of the normative and behavioral field of radicalizing citizens, especially young people. It is a set of views on today's challenges of radicalization and violent extremism of young people faced by all modern liberal democracies.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 3354711Open and safe civic spaces serve as unique safe havens for young individuals from diverse backgrounds to participate and build the competence they need to fully participate in various realms of public life. These places also facilitate links to decision-makers and other stakeholders. Nevertheless, despite the centrality of youth organizations in promoting and safeguarding basic human rights and democracy for young people, or particularly because of that, the last few years have witnessed a persistent silencing of these voices - thus narrowing the civic space available to youth. The 'global authoritarian pushback against democracy and human rights', comprising anti-democratic tendencies including hate speech, fake news, populism, conflicting diversity and other phenomena headed under the banner of 'uncivil society', contributes to the shrinking of civic space irrespective of the country's democratic tradition,prevailing social cleavages, wealth, human rights record, or geographical location. Changes in legal status, funding restrictions, disproportionate reporting requirements, bureaucratic obstacles combined with other administrative regulations, and smear campaigns that aim to undermine reputation or call into question their mission, are just some of the strategies youth and other civil society organisations are facing. As a result of increasingly hostile conditions for civil, political and social engagement across the globe, youth is prevented from being an agent of social change. Our research reveals that, in their quest to facilitate the above mentioned process – i.e. of youth becoming an agent of social change – youth organisations have to overcome significant challenges.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 24400131As the next European Elections are fast approaching, and political parties around Europe are starting to prepare for their campaigns in 2019, the European Youth Forum has published a new study on “Youth & Political Parties”. This study includes are number of concrete recommendations on what political parties can do to improve their appeal among young people, and improve youth turnout in the elections. It can serve as a toolkit for political parties that wish to be better at including young people, promoting youth interests, and campaigning for young people.
F.24 Improvements to existing system-wide, normative and programme solutions, and methods
COBISS.SI-ID: 35723869