YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

350 ditions. Young people are politically awakening and often use unconven- tional forms of political participation, such as political consumerism or petition signing, alongside conventional political participation. Today’s generation of young people is undoubtedly facing major envi- ronmental, demographic, and other wider societal challenges. Under the weight of these challenges, and even more so under the weight of the current circumstances in which they live, young people face high levels of anxiety and stress. However, on the other hand, we are dealing with a creative generation that is also increasingly active in sport, culture, and politics. The values of this generation belong to an open society; a society based on autonomous but socially responsible individuals. The extent to which young people succeed in achieving their visions and meeting the challenges of the future is far from being only up to them. Today’s generation of social power holders has a great responsibility to help young people do so. This volume should thus be seen as one of the main sources of answers to questions as to how this can be done.