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Il cosmopolitismo dei giovani alla prova delle crisi: Attitudini cosmopolite e sentimenti di appartenenza nei giovani europei
Youth cosmopolitanism in the face of crises: Cosmopolitan attitudes and sense of belonging among European young people
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Abstract Since 2008, European societies have experienced multiple and prolonged crises, the negative effects of which have mainly impacted young people. Based on data from three waves of the European Values Study (1999, 2008, 2017) this essay analyses whether, among these effects, there is a deterioration of... view more
Since 2008, European societies have experienced multiple and prolonged crises, the negative effects of which have mainly impacted young people. Based on data from three waves of the European Values Study (1999, 2008, 2017) this essay analyses whether, among these effects, there is a deterioration of "cosmopolitan openness" in young people in terms of attitude and sense of belonging. Proceeding from a perspective of "social cosmopolitanism" along two lines of inquiry, the essay first analyses whether and how the crises have altered young people’s attitudes of openness and sense of belonging, and if such effects differ between European countries. The second line of inquiry explores the link between these two dimensions of cosmopolitan openness and the characteristics of the young people, with particular attention to the Italian case. The research reveals the presence of internal fractures within this segment of the population with regard to young people’s ways of relating to diversity and negotiating belonging, which schisms recent crises are found to have further strengthened.... view less
Keywords
EVS; cosmopolitanism; Europe; Italy; adolescent; group membership; crisis
Classification
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Free Keywords
EVS 1999; EVS 2008; EVS 2017
Document language
Italian
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 7-36
Journal
Quaderni di Sociologia, 87 (2021) 45
Issue topic
Changing values in a changing world? Italy in the European Values Study and World Values Survey (2018)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4000/qds.4744
ISSN
2421-5848
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0