The issues of youth political participation (Case study: Municipality of Kamnik)

Politična participacija je izjemno širok ter kompleksen pojem, ki se venomer razvija ter spreminja glede na čas ter skupek dejavnikov, ki nanj vplivajo. V sledeči diplomski nalogi sem se osredotočil na novejše teoretične pristope k politični participaciji, še posebej pri politični participaciji mladih. Novejše teorije se oddaljujejo od konvencionalnih oblik politične participacije ter se vedno bolj osredotočajo na alternativne pristope, ki jih uporabljajo mladi. Mladi politično participacijo razumejo na drugačen način, zato ni prav, da so mlajše generacije označene za politično nepismene ter apatične. Čeprav po tradicionalnih pokazateljih, kot sta spremljanje ter aktivnost v institucionalni ter strankarski politiki mladih, kažejo nižje stopnje zanimanja, se pokaže, da so izjemno aktivni na področjih, ki jih zanimajo, ko vštejemo druge dejavnike ter načine, na katere participirajo. Prihodnost politične aktivnosti mladih se zagotovo skriva v novih oblikah participacije, ki jih je s seboj prinesla nova doba priložnostnih politik ter aktivizma.Political participation is an extremely broad and complex concept that constantly develops and changes over time and with the factors that influence it. In the following thesis, I have focused on new theoretical approaches to political participation, especially in the political participation of young people. New theories distance themselves from conventional forms of political participation and increasingly focus on alternative approaches used by young people. Young people understand political participation in a different way, so younger generations should not be characterised as politically illiterate and apathetic. Although, according to traditional indicators, such as activity in institutional and party politics, young people show lower levels of interest, it turns out that they can also extremely active in the fields that interest them, once other factors and the ways in which young people participate are taken into account. The future of youth political participation is to be found in new forms of participation brought about by the new era of one-time politics and activism