Abstract

GONZALEZ GARCIA, Robert  and  TAGUENCA BELMONTE, Juan Antonio. Youth movements and public youth policies in Mexico: a conceptual approach. Universitas [online]. 2019, n.31, pp.37-57. ISSN 1390-8634.  https://doi.org/10.17163/uni.n31.2019.02.

In recent years, new forms of youth political participation have emerged in Mexico. However, youth public policies continue to address the problems of the youth without their participation and in a deficient manner. The main objective of the article is to draw up a conceptual framework that allows us to think about public policies of youth from and for the young Mexicans themselves. The methodology is the documentary analysis and the hermeneutic of the social processes that star young Mexicans in the areas of political participation in recent years, intersecting it with the analysis of the response of administrations in the form of youth policies. The results show the emergence of a more participatory youth that, however, shows more continuities than changes in terms of political culture and that coexists with the persistence of youth public policies typical of previous periods. The conclusion is that moving towards participatory youth public policies is an important objective for the democratization and greater efficiency of the attention and service for young people.

Keywords : Political culture; youth; Mexico; social movements; political participation; public policies.

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