Citizenship as given or taken? Meanings and practices among majority and minority youth

• Authors: Zuzana Petrovičová , Jan Šerek , Michaela Porubanová , Petr Macek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Present study sheds more light on the conceptualization of citizenship and civic engagement among majority and minority youth. In order to understand the meanings of citizenship, fourteen focus groups were conducted with young people aged 16–26, with both civically engaged and disengaged young ethnic Czechs, Roma, and Ukrainians. Results suggest that young people understand the citizenship as having multiple dimensions (legal and personal, and in terms of rights and responsibilities) and civic engagement as being focused on various aspects. The way people described their position within society was influenced by the social background and mirrored in the views on full citizenship.

Keywords

EN

citizenship; civic engagement; minorities; focus groups; Czech Republic; youth

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 335-344

Dates

published

2012-07-01

online

2012-06-25

Contributors

author

Zuzana Petrovičová

• Masaryk University

author

Jan Šerek

• Masaryk University

author

Michaela Porubanová

• Masaryk University

author

Petr Macek

• Masaryk University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-012-0028-x