Approaching EU Citizenship from the Perspective of Young People in the East Central European Double Periphery: Introduction

TY - CHAP

T1 - Approaching EU Citizenship from the Perspective of Young People in the East Central European Double Periphery

T2 - Introduction

AU - Lorenz, Astrid

AU - Anders, Lisa

PY - 2023/7/15

Y1 - 2023/7/15

N2 - What does it mean for young people in very remote areas of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania to be citizens of the EU? What are the specific challenges faced by EU-related Youth Dialogue projects that aim at promoting active citizenship in these peripheral regions? What factors contribute to the success of these projects, and what can actors at the regional, national, and EU level do to promote active (EU) citizenship among youth beyond urban centres? In this introductory chapter, we explain the scientific and practical relevance of these questions that guide the contributions to this volume. We also discuss why remote areas in East Central Europe constitute a double periphery, why active citizenship among young people in these areas deserves more scholarly attention, how local living conditions might affect the perceptions and practices of EU citizenship, and how we collected the qualitative data for the analyses in this book. The concluding section provides an overview of the structure of the volume and its key findings.

AB - What does it mean for young people in very remote areas of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania to be citizens of the EU? What are the specific challenges faced by EU-related Youth Dialogue projects that aim at promoting active citizenship in these peripheral regions? What factors contribute to the success of these projects, and what can actors at the regional, national, and EU level do to promote active (EU) citizenship among youth beyond urban centres? In this introductory chapter, we explain the scientific and practical relevance of these questions that guide the contributions to this volume. We also discuss why remote areas in East Central Europe constitute a double periphery, why active citizenship among young people in these areas deserves more scholarly attention, how local living conditions might affect the perceptions and practices of EU citizenship, and how we collected the qualitative data for the analyses in this book. The concluding section provides an overview of the structure of the volume and its key findings.

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-29793-9_1

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-29793-9_1

M3 - Chapter

SP - 1

EP - 22

BT - EU Citizenship Beyond Urban Centres

A2 - Lorenz, Asrtrid

A2 - Anders, Lisa

PB - Springer VS

ER -