Radosław Marzęcki
Teoria Polityki, No. 7/2023, 2023, pp. 7 - 12
https://doi.org/10.4467/25440845TP.23.001.17514Radosław Marzęcki
Jagiellońskie Studia Socjologiczne, Issue 3, 2014, pp. 139 - 158
Young Citizen – Nonvoter? Students of Institute of Political Science (Pedagogical University in Cracow) as Participations of Electoral Processes
Th e author concentrates on the problem of a role of young citizens in a contemporary state and society. For this reason he assumes that their social and political attitudes, which are shaped today, will determine the quality of democracy in the future. In description of motivation for voting we should notice not only the problem of internal apathy but also external alienation. Th e author, relating to empirical data from his own research among students of Pedagogical University in Cracow, attempts to show reasons of their political passivity. Nonvoter in this study is understood as a person who declares an absence in all kinds of election (local, parliamentary, presidential, European). Th e analysis of group of students who are potentially nonvoters leads to the conclusion that young citizens are unplugged. Th ey are disappointed with contemporary politics and generally not connected with any political, social and local organizations.