Convivencia y participación de jóvenes en Sant Boi de Llobregat (Barcelona)

Abstract

This paper presents the design, implementation and analysis of the results of a survey carried out amongst young people from Sant Boi de Llobregat. The main aim of this study was to diagnose the degree of coexistence and participation of young people aged 14 to16, so as to offer educational proposals for improvement in this area for the development of a more active and engaged citizenship with reality. The data collection tool is a Questionnaire for Coexistence and Participation. The original theoretical framework is based on the idea that in order to develop an active and committed citizenship, coexistence and participation of young people is necessary. The current social and cultural changes give us the opportunity to create new challenges for dialogue between people, but it is also true that diversity makes social relations systems more complex. The results highlight friendship between young people is influenced by their origins, prevailing a climate of coexistence rather than a truly intercultural coexistence. Finally, we see that for youth participation to develop both in the district and at school, prior experience of youth participation is particularly important, the lack of it limiting well-needed community opening at school.