The politicalness of students and political outsourcing

Političnost studenata kao podgrupe mladih je od posebnog interesa za društvo jer upravo studenti smjenom generacija zauzimaju vodeće funkcije u društvu i politici. Sukladno tome političnost studenata je pokazatelj smjera u kojem se društvo kreće prema budućnosti. U ovom radu prezentiraju se rezultati kvalitativnog istraživanja provedenog metodom intervjua s osam studenata Sveučilišta u Zadru. Cilj istraživanja bio je produbiti spoznaje na koje načine studenti promišljaju politiku u okvirima Hrvatskog društva te vide li se u ulozi političara. Svrha rada je pridonijeti spoznajama o političnosti studenata kao podgrupi mladih u aktualnom razdoblju. U razgovorima sa studentima se doznaje kako za svoju pasivnost i općenitu apatiju mladih prema političkim pitanjima nalaze činjenicu da je politika dosadna i često predvidljiva jer se ponavljaju iste afere s drugačijim akterima. Studenti trenutno stanje politike u državi procjenjuju kao loše, najčešće kritike idu prema neefikasnim političarima i tendenciji koruptivnog djelovanja političkih aktera. Sve to oblikuje negativnu percepciju o politici među studentima te oni nemaju volju politički se aktivirati, već te detektirane probleme outsourcaju istim političkim akterima koje kritiziraju.The politicalness of students as a subgroup of young people is of special interest for the society because it is the students who occupy leading positions in society and politics through the shift of generations. In accordance with that, the politicalness of students is an indicator of the direction the society is moving in the future. This paper presents the results of a qualitative research conducted by the method of interviews with eight students of the University of Zadar. The aim of the research was to deepen the knowledge of the ways in which students think about politics within the Croatian society and whether they see themselves in the role of politicians. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the knowledge of the politicalness of students as a subgroup of young people in the current period. Through conversations with students it is learned that the cause of the passivity and general apathy of young people towards political issues can be found in the fact that politics is boring and often predictable because the same affairs are repeated with different actors. Students assess the current state of politics in the country as bad, most often criticizing inefficient politicians and the tendency of corrupt actions of political actors. All of this shapes a negative perception of politics among students, and they do not have the will to become politically active, but outsource these detected problems to the same political actors they criticize