Abstract

KRIGER, Miriam  and  DAIBAN, Cynthia. From the ideal citizen to the situated citizen: A study about models of citizenship and young citizens' subjective positioning in current Argentina (Buenos Aires y Conurbano, 2011-13). Folios [online]. 2015, n.41, pp.87-102. ISSN 0123-4870.

This paper is part of the field of studies concerning youth and politics, understood as a key part of the bond between young people with the "common project" to which they are formally added as new citizens. It questions the relationship between how young people think "the citizenship" in an ideal plane and how their attitudes as citizens in situation, from a psychosocial perspective and with a focus on contemporary Argentine context. It has a special interest in the tensions and links between morality and politics, and individual agency and social dimensions. In this line, this article discuss results of a study conducted in Argentina between 2011-3 among young students (N = 275). It inquires, first, the models of citizenship and, secondly, its proposals for addressing the perceived call "insecurity" as a central and current problem that confronts the social conflict. As a result, three ideals of citizenship (individual, social, and political) and three types of subjective positioning (punitive, disciplinary, and political) are set, inferring from their proposals for resolving "insecurity". Then, it examines the correlation found in most of the participants between the individual ideal of citizenship, with strong moral impression, and the punitive positioning among the conflict. Finally, it notes the need to work towards incorporating social and political dimension to the thinking of the young people.

Keywords : Young people; Citizenship; Social Conflict.

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