Roots of Social Capital: Youth Civic Engagement and Socialization
Date: June 5-6, 2009
Site: Cluj, Romania
Organisers: Center for the Study of Democracy and The Political Science Department, Faculty of Political Sciences, Public Administration and Communication, Babes-Bolyai University
Topics: Is youth uninterested in politics and associational life? Or there should be a refinement of our research tools when surveying youth preferences? Is youth in new democracies any way different from youth from consolidated democratic states in terms of civic activism, internet usage and trust in politicians and institutions?
The workshop aims to answers these puzzling questions and to assess the most relevant contributions to the issue of democratization through formal and non formal education in the context of social capital, political culture, and political socialization. Youth socialization with democratic practices can enhance democratization of political processes in new democracies.
The workshop brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss the effects of youth political socialization and service learning on social capital and trust, in a comparative perspective.
Subsequently it will address the civic engagement of youth by analyzing the combined influence of internet use, trust, non formal and formal education as well as the effects of a diverse cultural context in new and established democracies.
A limited amount of funding is available for transportation and accommodation.
For those interested to participate please send an abstract of your paper/presentation by May 15th 2009 to:
Gabriel Badescu badescu@msu. edu
Toma Burean tburean@gmail. com
The papers presented will be published in a volume on political socialization of youth.
Language: English
Fee: 30 euro
Deadline: May 15th 2009
Contact: Center for the Study of Democracy , Faculty of Political Sciences, Traian Mosoiu street 71, Cluj, Romania
E-mail: tburean@gmail. com, badescu@msu. edu
Internet: http://www.democracycenter.ro/youth
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