Although civic engagement is a multidimensional concept, the low participation of youth in conventional politics is often interpreted as an indicator of low civic engagement. This study questions the centrality of conventional ...

The main focus point of this chapter is to shed light on the study of civic engagement as a root of social cohesion in Latin America. Based on the assumption that the quality of social interactions among individuals and ...

Through a qualitative approach this study documents life experiences that youth with a history of sustained social and political participation judge as significant in the development of their civic commitment. Data is drawn ...

Despite the importance of civic engagement in old age, few studies analyze this phenomenon in the Chilean context. Mainly, civic engagement among older adults in Chile has been studied from the associativity and social ...

New technologies –Internet, mobile phones, tablets- have the capacity to strengthen civic society and consolidate democracy around the world. Civic engagement and activism have adapted to virtual societies maximizing their ...

In comparison to questionnaires, statistical analyses, interviews and experiments, ethnography tends to be a neglected method in youth participation research and in understanding political socialization and citizen action. ...