Abstract

GUTIERREZ-ROJAS, Luis Eduardo  and  RAMIREZ-GIRALDO, Amanda. Youth Political Participation in Policy Decision Making in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Prospectiva [online]. 2021, n.32, pp.103-124.  Epub July 01, 2021. ISSN 0122-1213.  https://doi.org/10.25100/prts.v0i32.10123.

This article is a product of a research study named Youth political participation in policy decision making in Valle del Cauca conducted as part of the Public Policy master’s degree program in Universidad del Valle. The main objective was to identify the incidence that young people had in the public policy decision making process in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, between 2005 and 2015. The study employed multiple case study (4) analysis through two methodological tools: in-depth interviews and narration of life experiences. The main conclusion was that young people are able to mobilize their demands to the State by influencing the entire cycle of public policy management, and especially, in agenda setting, problem definition and policy formulation. However, their incidence level is deeply related with their closeness to decision makers, and such closeness is determined by the type of leadership exercised by the young people.

Keywords : Political participation; Youth participation; Decision making; Policy making.

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