Workshop on the Political Participation of Young People 21-22 June, 2013. Gençlerin Siyasi Katılımı 21 – 22 Haziran 2013

1. “How and to what extent do young
people differ in their attitudes
towards politics according to their
socio-economic positions, gender
and ethnicity?”
Pınar Uyan Semerci

2. definitional problems :
• Young people? Who are they?
– Diversity?
– Commonality?
Needs and rights
Politics? Attitude towards politics?
Redefining the boundaries of politics?
Political participation?

3. Needs and Rights
• Needs?
• How do we define our needs?
• identification of needs remains at the heart of politics
• The politics of needs interpretation: who decides who
needs what? (Fraser)
• Individual vs collective needs

4. Social Justice
Recognition? Redistribution? Participation?
• N. Fraser three dimensional account of social
justice
•
Distributive injustice or maldistribution
•
Status inequality or misrecognition
•
Misrepresentation

5. How can young people with different
backgrounds and different identities have an
access to ‘politics’?
• Examples from qualitative research
(Uyan-Semerci; Neyzi & Darıcı; Basak-Sanat; …)
– ‘Young’ ‘woman’ 22 years old- married with a
child (care politics)
– ‘Young’ people of Diyarbakır and Muğla ‘Özgürüm
ama mecburiyet var - I am free but there is an
obligation’ life experiences; language; migration
– ‘young’ worker (textile; factory; construction;
seasonal worker-agriculture)
– ……

6. Questions :
1-definitional problems: young? politics?
2-participation-justice? Who are excluded?
Politics of need interpretation?
3- How can young people with different
backgrounds and different identities have an
access to ‘politics’?
thank you…