Youth reflections on the development of society in Latvia
2017
Bite, D., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia) | Kronberga, G., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia) | Kruzmetra, Z., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia)
Development of the society is one of the core issues in sociology. Macro and micro perspectives are used in order to explain social development and social changes in societies. The youth is seen as a significant potential driver of social changes. The study of youth’s reflections of existing social order permits to predicting issues and directions of development of the society. The aim of the theses is to find out what the main perceptions and reflections of youth are concerning current situation in Latvia in terms of the development of society. Qualitative approach was used, e.g. summative content analysis method of qualitative content analysis. Results of the research show that young people can identify main characteristics of Latvian society; they see the main points of necessary changes but they are not viewed as significant drivers of changes on macro level of the society.
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