In Quest of Democracy What do young people think about politics?
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The article aims to interpret Greek youth’s attitudes and opinions regarding the concepts of politics and democracy by examining quantitative and qualitative data from a study conducted by the University of Athens. The findings highlight young people’s
dissatisfaction with politics and representative democracy; they also indicate a tendency towards a preference for forms of direct democracy, as well as a positive assessment of the possibilities offered by the internet to enhance horizontal participation. The demands for accountability, responsibility, efficacy, and partly for political inclusion, take on particular importance in the context of this dissatisfaction. The disdain for the political system is, however, ambiguous: it is also associated with populist, authoritarian and/or technocratic trends. Finally, neoliberal ideology has a significant influence on a part of the youth, while religious conservatism constitutes an obstacle to social liberalism and the secularisation of the state.
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Didymiotis, O., paraskeva-Veloudogianni, D., Gogou, S., Konstantas, O., & kouzelis, G. (2023). In Quest of Democracy: What do young people think about politics?. Αutomaton: Journal of Digital Media and Culture, 2(2), 118–145. https://doi.org/10.12681/automaton.35479
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