Youth and trade unions in Croatia: an overview and analysis of some theoretical and empirical insights Cover Image

Mladi i sindikati u Hrvatskoj: pregled i analiza nekih teorijskih i empirijskih uvida
Youth and trade unions in Croatia: an overview and analysis of some theoretical and empirical insights

Author(s): Ranka Jeknić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Sociology, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Sociološko naučno društvo Srbije
Keywords: trade unions; youth in Croatia; trust; civic competences; collective labour rights

Summary/Abstract: Based on the review and analysis of scientific and trade unionliterature, as well as the comparison of various primary and secondary researchdata at the level of descriptive statistics, this paper aims at answering some of thequestions that arise in relation to the attitudes of young people in Croatia towardstrade unions: the various reasons for young people’s non-membership or reducedmembership in trade unions, the increase in young people’s distrust of trade unions,and the question of how familiar young people in Croatia are with collective labourrights and, in general, with the work and activities of trade unions in Croatia.The theoretical and empirical findings, presented and analysed, as well as theconclusions of this paper, could contribute to a better understanding of the attitudesof young people in Croatia towards trade unions, and could have an applicationvalue in the design of labour rights education programmes in the framework ofcivic education, as well as in the implementation of various activities to attract newmembers among trade unions themselves in the Republic of Croatia.

  • Issue Year: 66/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 106-125
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English