Political participation is an extremely broad and complex concept that constantly develops and changes over time and with the factors that influence it. In the following thesis, I have focused on new theoretical approaches to political participation, especially in the political participation of young people. New theories distance themselves from conventional forms of political participation and increasingly focus on alternative approaches used by young people. Young people understand political participation in a different way, so younger generations should not be characterised as politically illiterate and apathetic. Although, according to traditional indicators, such as activity in institutional and party politics, young people show lower levels of interest, it turns out that they can also extremely active in the fields that interest them, once other factors and the ways in which young people participate are taken into account. The future of youth political participation is to be found in new forms of participation brought about by the new era of one-time politics and activism.
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