Youth Eco Activism in Slovakia: Case of Wolf – Forest Protection Movement

• Authors: Radoslav Hlúšek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study deals with the activism of young Slovak people on the field of ecology and conservation of Slovak nature. As an example of this kind of activism Wolf - Forest Protection Movement was selected because it is the most active and most successful environmental organization in Slovakia. The main objective of this case study is to describe and analyse organisational structure and activities of Wolf on the background of wider general and theoretical framework what enables to classify this organisation in wide spectrum of youth activism, especially youth environmental activism in Slovakia. Apart from theoretical approach, organisational structure and broad range of activities of Wolf the study presents also political and civic attitudes of its young members, financing of the organisation and attractiveness of Wolf to young people in Slovakia.

Keywords

EN

youth; activism; conservation; environment; Slovakia; Wolf

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Ethnologia Actualis
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 91-112

Dates

published

2015-06-01

online

2015-11-26

Contributors

author

Radoslav Hlúšek

• Department of Ethnology and World Studies, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/eas-2015-0010