Youth citizenship and identity

Abstract

Citizenship is increasingly understood as multilayered. Supernational citizenship identities seem to have been advancing, but currently, national identities are also strengthened by political developments. Local, national and transnational identities among young people are interrelated and can be marked by tensions. Culture and political developments influence how the citizenship identities of young people evolve, and rapidly changing media contexts also lead to profound transformations. The relationship between citizenship identities and actual political behaviour is complex and conditioned also by other factors than the identity itself, such as political developments, knowledge and self-efficacy. Processes of citizenship identity formation might start earlier than what is often realized and there is increasing interest in the citizenship identities of children.

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