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3)intheindividualsphere(individualchoices,decisionsandinteractionwith
theworld)theformsofparticipationincludeinvolvementindecisions
havingadirecteffectonindividuals(e.g.judicialproceedings),educational
andhealthmatters,choices,decisionsandbehaviouraspartofeveryday
life,personalcustoms,valuesorprinciples,religiousbeliefs,consumer
choices9.
Thispublicationconsistsoftenarticles,writtenbyresearchersand
practitioners.Theindividualchapterstouchupondifferentaspectsofthe
subject,reflectingtheauthors’focusofresearch.
KonstantinasLotiuk,authorofthefirstarticletitled“Youthcivic
participationasapreconditionfordemocratization”,stressesthatyoungpeople
arethedrivingforceofallchanges,includingthoseofasocio-politicalnature.
Thevoterturnoutinthegroupofyoungpeopleissteadilyincreasing,asis
theiractivityinsocialmedia,butthisisnotassociatedwithelectronicvoting-
e-voting-becauseitisonlyavailableinsomecountries.
Thesecondchapter,writtenbyRemigijusCivinskasandRimantasStašys
andentitled“YouthPoliticalParticipationandEngagementatLocalLevelin
Sweden”showsyoungpeople’sparticipationinlocalpolitics,intheshaping
ofurbanpolicyandinthestrengtheningofcivicvaluesbasedonqualitative
researchconductedbytheauthorsintwoSwedishmunicipalities.Thearticle
revealsempiricalknowledgeaboutthemotivesofyoungpeople’sparticipation
indecision-makingatthemunicipallevel.
InthearticlebyMateuszTomaszWrotny,entitled“Legalstatusofyouth
advisorybodiesatgovernmentadministrationlevel”,theauthoremphasized
thegrowingroleofyoungpeople’sparticipationinthedecision-making
process,notonlyatthelocallevel,butalsoatthecentrallevelintheannual
meetingsoftheChildren’sParliamentortheChildrenandYouthCouncil.The
authorconsiderstheestablishmentoftheCouncilforDialoguewiththeYoung
Generationtobeamilestoneinparticipation.
PawełBącalinthearticleentitled“Legalformsofsocialparticipationof
youngpeopleinlocalgovernment”presentsthelegalstatusofyouthcouncils
ofcommunes,poviatcouncilsandyouthregionalassemblies.Animportant
workisthefunctioningofyouthformsofparticipation.Theauthoremphasizes
thatovertime,theactivityofyouthentitiesincreasesbecausethesocietygains
confidenceinthem.
Inthearticletitled“Therelationshipbetweenelectoralparticipation,the
electoralsystemandsatisfactionwithdemocracy”JuliaJaroszewskadiscusses
theimpactofmajorityvotingrulesonsocialattitudes.Theauthorverifiesfive
9P.Maciaszek,Partycypacjaspołecznamłodzieżynaprzykładziemłodzieżowychradgmin
-częśćII,RocznikSamorządowy”2016,t.5,s.171-187
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