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Introducion
Oneoftheplannedactivitiesoftheprojectwasthescientificconference
entitled“Youthcivicparticipationintheoryandpractice”heldonDecember
12,2019attheFacultyofManagementandEconomicsoftheGdańskUni-
versityofTechnology.Itincludedthepresentationoftheresultsofresearch
conductedbyLithuanianandPolishscholars,opinionsonparticipationem-
ployeesofPolishandLithuanianmunicipalities,theUnionofBalticCities,
andoftheperceptionofyouthparticipationbyyoungpeoplethemselves-
studentsoftheUniversityofWarsawandMariaCurie-SklodowskaUniversity
inLublin.
Thispublicationconsistsoftenarticles,writtenbyresearchersandprac-
titioners.Theindividualchapterstouchupondifferentaspectsofthesubject,
reflectingtheauthors’focusofresearch.
Thefirstchapter,writtenbyRemigijusCivinskasandRimantasStašys
andentitledYouthPoliticalParticipationandEngagementatLocalLevelin
Swedenshowsyoungpeople’sparticipationinlocalpolitics,intheshaping
ofurbanpolicyandinthestrengtheningofcivicvaluesbasedonqualitative
researchconductedbytheauthorsintwoSwedishmunicipalities.Thearticle
revealsempiricalknowledgeaboutthemotivesofyoungpeople’sparticipa-
tionindecision-makingatthemunicipallevel.
KonstantinasLotiuk,authorofthesecondarticletitledYouthCivicPar-
ticipationasaPreconditionforDemocratization,stressesthatyoungpeople
arethedrivingforceofallchanges,includingthoseofasocio-politicalnature.
Thevoterturnoutinthegroupofyoungpeopleissteadilyincreasing,asis
theiractivityinsocialmedia,butthisisnotassociatedwithelectronicvoting
-e-voting-becauseitisonlyavailableinsomecountries.
InthearticletitledTheRelationshipBetweenElectoralParticipation,
ElectoralSystemandSatisfactionwithDemocracyJuliaJaroszewskadiscuss-
estheimpactofmajorityvotingrulesonsocialattitudes.Theauthorverifies
fivehypotheses:1/Democracyisthemostdesirableformofgovernment;2/
Theimpactofgender,educationandwealthonsatisfactionwithdemocracy;
3/Theelderlyarelesssatisfiedwithdemocracy;4/Lowlevelofeducation
stronglycorrelateswiththelackofspecificpoliticalviewsandreluctanceto
participateinelections,5/Theresultoftheelectionlargelydependsonthe
sizeoftheplaceofresidenceofvoters.AnalysisshowsthatPoles’assessment
ofdemocracyissteadilyimprovingfromyeartoyear.Theauthorindicates
thegroupsofcitizenswhohavethemostpositiveandnegativeopinionof
democracy.
InherarticleentitledMasovianVoivodeship-anExampleofActivePar-
ticipationofCitizensandInvolvementintheProcessofDeterminingtheCity’s
BudgetGoals,GabrielaPudaanalysestheparticipationofresidentsinshaping
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