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Ungas Makt: En beskrivande studie om politikers attityd mot ungas

Alm, Johanna LU (2013) STVK01 20122
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This is a descriptive study with comparative elements. Two municipalities work with youth influence and participation is described and then compared. The material is based on interviews with politicians but also on interviews whit other key persons in this question in these two municipalities. The material is analyzed with the help of Robert Dahl's theory of power. The issue that the study is based on is "What influence do young people in municipal politics have?" The purpose of this study is to investigate which influence young people have in the municipalities by studying the politician's attitude towards youth influence. The study hypothesis that young people have a say in the issues that politicians consider issues related to youth.
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This is a descriptive study with comparative elements. Two municipalities work with youth influence and participation is described and then compared. The material is based on interviews with politicians but also on interviews whit other key persons in this question in these two municipalities. The material is analyzed with the help of Robert Dahl's theory of power. The issue that the study is based on is "What influence do young people in municipal politics have?" The purpose of this study is to investigate which influence young people have in the municipalities by studying the politician's attitude towards youth influence. The study hypothesis that young people have a say in the issues that politicians consider issues related to youth.
The result of the study is that the youth of the studied municipalities have different influence and that depend on politicians' attitude, but not on issues that
young people choose to engage in. (Less)
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author
Alm, Johanna LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK01 20122
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Youth, Influence, power, municipality, politicians, attitude
language
Swedish
id
3357856
date added to LUP
2013-02-05 14:35:37
date last changed
2013-02-05 14:35:37
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  abstract     = {{This is a descriptive study with comparative elements. Two municipalities work with youth influence and participation is described and then compared. The material is based on interviews with politicians but also on interviews whit other key persons in this question in these two municipalities. The material is analyzed with the help of Robert Dahl's theory of power. The issue that the study is based on is "What influence do young people in municipal politics have?" The purpose of this study is to investigate which influence young people have in the municipalities by studying the politician's attitude towards youth influence. The study hypothesis that young people have a say in the issues that politicians consider issues related to youth. 
The result of the study is that the youth of the studied municipalities have different influence and that depend on politicians' attitude, but not on issues that 
young people choose to engage in.}},
  author       = {{Alm, Johanna}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Ungas Makt: En beskrivande studie om politikers attityd mot ungas}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}