The structures of youth participation in Catalonia since the democratic transition

Authors

  • Pere Soler Masó Universitat de Girona
  • Anna Maria Novella Cámara Universitat de Barcelona
  • Anna Planas Lladó Universitat de Girona

Keywords:

young people participation, youth participation, democracy, youth policies, Catalonia.

Abstract

Youth participation is and has been a concept with many considerations, meanings and forms of application, both nationally and internationally. In order to know the evolution of the main structures of youth participation, this article starts with the frames that have motivated this participation in Europe, to analyse then the evolution of some of the youth participatory structures in Catalonia in the recent decades: the local and municipal youth councils. The article also covers some of the old challenges of youth participation, which are characterised by the overcoming the structuring of traditional channels participation and the generation other forms of taking part in everyday community life.

Key words: young people participation, youth participation, democracy, youth policies, Catalonia.

Author Biography

Pere Soler Masó, Universitat de Girona



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No. 25 (2015): gener-juny

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Monographic theme

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