PROCESS OF CHANGING THE YOUTH POLICY IN POLAND CAUSED BY THE YOUTH STRIKE FOR CLIMATE Cover Image

PROCES ZMIANY POLITYKI MŁODZIEŻOWEJ W POLSCE WYWOŁANY DZIAŁALNOŚCIĄ MŁODZIEŻOWEGO STRAJKU KLIMATYCZNEGO
PROCESS OF CHANGING THE YOUTH POLICY IN POLAND CAUSED BY THE YOUTH STRIKE FOR CLIMATE

Author(s): Marta Szulc
Subject(s): Civil Society, Environmental and Energy policy, Politics and society, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: youth policy; Europeanization; Youth Strike for Climate; youth participation; climatization;

Summary/Abstract: The youth policy in Poland began to develop in connection with Poland’s accession to the Euro- pean Union. Since 2019, these research areas were joined by the activities of young people as a part of the international youth social movement, i.e., the Youth Strike for Climate. The article presents the following research hypothesis: the activity of the Youth Strike for Climate indicates that the youth policy in Poland is undergoing a process ofclimatization.Thefollowingresearchquestions were asked: What factors influence the interest in climate issues among young people? Was the youth gathered around the YSC active before the YSC activity? Is the activity at YSC related to other social/political activity of young people? Does the YSC influence political decisions? As a result of the survey, literature analysis and the conducted research, the research hypothesis was confirmed.

  • Issue Year: 77/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 246-261
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish