YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Introduction  33 mindset, where we cover transitions to adulthood, social support net- works, and young people’s attitudes to the ageing of the population and intergenerational cooperation. Chapter Seven, on the other hand, directly addresses the topic of sustainable development in relation to young people, primarily through the meaning of sustainable development and encour- agement of sustainable behaviour, awareness, orientation, and action. The last set of chapters covers more behavioural dimension aspects. In Chapter Eight, we examine the political participation, social engage- ment, and extremism of Slovenian young people by dealing with the challenges of political participation today, the factors of political partic- ipation, the level of political participation, and radicalization and violent extremism. In Chapter Nine, consumer behaviour and consumer activ- ism are examined through an analysis of youth consumption, youth val- ues,​and attitudes towards consumption, as well as young people’s social engagement as shown through their shopping patterns. Chapter Ten covers young people’s creativity and culture by discussing their interest in creativity and culture, and their participation in creative and cultural activities, and further assesses young people’s opportunities for cultural participation both online and in the real world. Finally, perhaps also as a sign of a future focus for examining Slovenian youth, Chapter Eleven opens up a discussion on young people’s digital competencies and their networked citizenship, where we deal with the aspect of networked young citizens, internet access, and digital literacy. This volume is con- cluded with a short and concise recap of concluding observations that should form the key ideas behind the future youth policy.