Being Political
Polish Youth and Democratic Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2476617 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Cowley (American Association for the Advancement of Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-36 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1535-5632 • E-ISSN: 1556-5823 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/jsae.2003.3.1.27 |
| OpenAlex | W2096673928 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper confronts questions of political identity raised by the transition to democracy in Poland by focusing on university students in the late 1990s. These youth have constructed a shared identity that is defined by political competence derived through international experience. These students also define their political identity in terms of their differences from earlier generations. I explore the process of political identity construction by looking at representations - images created by these students and about these students - which are used as mechanisms for both communicating and constructing shared identity. While much work has been done that examines the format and structure of the evolving political organizations in Central Europe, my research provides a micro-level analysis of one important, but too often overlooked, aspect of this transition: the relationships that individuals involved in this transition establish between themselves, the state and their fellow citizens
Aesthetics · Democracy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European Cultural and National Identity · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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