Cultura y participación juvenil en las agrupaciones políticas del cantón Pasaje en el año 2021

Abstract

The research work on the culture and youth participation in the political groups of the Pasaje canton for the period 2021, focuses on the levels of political participation of the youth of the Pasaje canton and the incidence of political parties and movements to involve youth in electoral processes. The registration of young people in political cadres will allow their empowerment in the local political system, parties and movements are spaces to integrate new political leaders, with a view to strengthening participation in democratic processes and in the exercise of citizenship. The research aims to diagnose the importance of the culture and participation of young people in the political groups of the Pasaje canton. In addition, specifically to determine the impact of the level of culture and participation of young people in political groups; establish the factors that limit the incorporation and participation of young people in the candidacies of sectional governments; identify the strategies used by political organizations to select candidates for the local political process, and specify the purposes of the political groupings to promote training schools for young people. The methodological approach that guides the research is mixed quantitative - qualitative and the epistemological approach is inductive empirical, the study is theoretically based on the functionalist structural macrosociological approach that allows analyzing the different State institutions and the functions they perform in the political-administrative space, In addition, it allows describing the functions of political movements and parties, and their leaders with respect to institutional organization, community leadership and the inclusion of young people in electoral processes. The techniques used in the field research are the survey aimed at young people and in-depth interviews for political leaders, whose results allow answering the questions and objectives set, This presupposes a deep analysis to arrive at interpretations about the participation of young people in communities and social groups, their interest in performing in the political area, the problems that limit political incorporation and their participation as citizens for the solution of problems. of the rural and urban environment of the canton. Young people appreciate that local politics promoted by institutions is bad and that political groups generate distrust towards them, In addition, the main purpose of the parties and movements is political interests, causing a weak incorporation and inclusion of youth in political activism. It is determined that the majority of young people avoid working professionally in politics, considering getting involved in teaching, medicine, engineering and business, that is why from academic spaces there must be political training that guides participation in the public administration of the canton. to solve the problems that arise in the passenger society. Based on the results achieved, it has been possible to demonstrate the need to undertake an intervention proposal entitled Integration Programs in young passengers that motivate participation in the perspective of developing social, economic and political projects. This program is aimed at developing the orientation, encouragement, commitment and participation of young people in social, cultural, economic and political matters, involving them as leaders and actors of new proposals for participation and social solutions.