Between cv builder" and "genuine" activist: the many faces of youth civic engagementin Serbia
Апстракт
The aim of this paper is to explorethe characteristics and relative importance of civic engagement for young members of civil society organisations in Serbia. This article is exploratory in character and is based on qualitative methodology. Youth engagement is observed through the theoretical lens of the lifecourse approach. The questions addressedbythe paper are as follows: How do young people perceive their civic engagement? What motivates their participation? How does this engagement relate to other aspects of their lifecourse? The method used here is narrative analysis of 20 semi-structured interviews conducted with young volunteers and members of civil society organisations in Serbia selected through theoretical sampling. The key finding is that there is arange of motivations and accompanying strategies - from the purely idealistic to the highly instrumental. The majority of our respondents displayed a mixed type of motivation, successfully combiningactivities aimed at protectingt...he "social good" with thosethat contribute to the achievement of personal goals. Motivation, however, tends to vary between the different types of organisations, professional and grassroots. Engagement in professional organisations is more frequently instrumental and, in contrast, grassroots organisations typically attract "genuine", value-driven activists.
Кључне речи:
youth / strategies / motivation / civil society / civic engagementИзвор:
Sociologija, 2019, 61, 2, 259-276Издавач:
- Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Изазови нове друштвене интеграције у Србији: концепти и актери (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-179035)
DOI: 10.2298/SOC1902259P
ISSN: 0038-0318
WoS: 000482707000006
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85071175534
Институција/група
Sociologija / SociologyTY - JOUR AU - Petrović, Jelisaveta AU - Stanojević, Dragan PY - 2019 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2992 AB - The aim of this paper is to explorethe characteristics and relative importance of civic engagement for young members of civil society organisations in Serbia. This article is exploratory in character and is based on qualitative methodology. Youth engagement is observed through the theoretical lens of the lifecourse approach. The questions addressedbythe paper are as follows: How do young people perceive their civic engagement? What motivates their participation? How does this engagement relate to other aspects of their lifecourse? The method used here is narrative analysis of 20 semi-structured interviews conducted with young volunteers and members of civil society organisations in Serbia selected through theoretical sampling. The key finding is that there is arange of motivations and accompanying strategies - from the purely idealistic to the highly instrumental. The majority of our respondents displayed a mixed type of motivation, successfully combiningactivities aimed at protectingthe "social good" with thosethat contribute to the achievement of personal goals. Motivation, however, tends to vary between the different types of organisations, professional and grassroots. Engagement in professional organisations is more frequently instrumental and, in contrast, grassroots organisations typically attract "genuine", value-driven activists. PB - Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd T2 - Sociologija T1 - Between cv builder" and "genuine" activist: the many faces of youth civic engagementin Serbia EP - 276 IS - 2 SP - 259 VL - 61 DO - 10.2298/SOC1902259P ER -
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Petrović, J.,& Stanojević, D.. (2019). Between cv builder" and "genuine" activist: the many faces of youth civic engagementin Serbia. in Sociologija Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd., 61(2), 259-276. https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC1902259P
Petrović J, Stanojević D. Between cv builder" and "genuine" activist: the many faces of youth civic engagementin Serbia. in Sociologija. 2019;61(2):259-276. doi:10.2298/SOC1902259P .
Petrović, Jelisaveta, Stanojević, Dragan, "Between cv builder" and "genuine" activist: the many faces of youth civic engagementin Serbia" in Sociologija, 61, no. 2 (2019):259-276, https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC1902259P . .