Youth and Political Participation: the conventional and unconventional participation of university students from Greater Recife
Youth. Political participation. Conventional political participation. Unconventional political participation.
The topic of youth political participation has been a constant subject of discussion in academic debates. On a number of theoretical and methodological perspectives, the trilogy, youth, political culture and participation, once again enter the academic agenda, especially in Brazil from the youth mobilizations of 2013. The research "Youth and Political Participation: Young university students of Greater Recife "have as general objective to identify the spaces and forms of political participation of university students in Greater Recife. More specifically, the research aims to: a) verify which spaces are present in higher education institutions that allow the political participation of young students; B) understanding the relationship of young people to these spaces; C) to identify if the participation of students occurs through conventional and non-conventional forms of participation. The methodological process consisted of a review of the literature on youth, politics and political participation. Semi structured interviews were conducted with young students from six higher education institutions, all located in the geographic boundary known as Greater Recife. Regarding the results, the research data show that young people, despite denying the policy, use the spaces and unconventional forms for participation.