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Young people’s political participation in Western democracies

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Young people’s political participation in Western democracies


Programme

 

Thursday, March 26

 

Partisanship and Youth Political Participation

15h00 : Plateformisation des partis politiques et participation accrue des jeunes en campagne électorale ? (video conference)
Anaïs Theviot, UCO Angers

The paradox of youth within the French Communist Party : the promotion of youth and the relegation of young people
Igor Martinache, Nanterre University

Expressions of Partisanship among Young Political supporters on TikTok in the United States (video conference)
Shohana Akter, PhD student in Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington

Youth Political Participation in Eastern Europe, with a focus on Romania
Henry Rammelt, University of Bucarest (video conference)

17h30 : End of the firth day

 

Friday, March 27

 

Youth Political Participation and Voting in a Comparative Perspective

9h00 : The Global Youth Participation index (GYPI) and Youth Political Participation in Western Democracies (video conference)
Sarah Pickard, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

Voting is no longer enough. Generational renewal, relationship to elections, and the transformation of political participation (video conference)
Vincent Tiberj, Sciences-Po Bordeaux

10h30 : Break

 

Young People’s Political Participation in Transition Countries and Electoral Autocracies

10h45 : From recruitment to representation : youth political trajectories in an electoral autocracy
Annamária Sebestyén, Elte Center for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Science

Youth Political Participation and Party Politics in Bulgaria ?
Petia Georgieva, New Bulgarian University

Young People’s Political Participation in Turkey
Magali Boumaza, Galatasaray University

 

12h15 : Lunch break

 

Dynamics of Youth Political Activism

14h00 : L’engagement politique radical des jeunes Français dans le jihad
Xavier Crettiez, Sciences-Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye

The Future of Youth Political Participation
Emily Rainsford, Newcastle University

Is an independence referendum the only way to make young Scots participate in politics ?
Claire Breniaux, University Marie and Louis Pasteur

16h00 : End

 

 

Free participation


Colloque organisé par le CRJ, Université de Franche-Comté sous la direction scientifique de Mathieu Petithomme & Claire Breniaux



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