Same Despair but Different Hope

Yunjeong Joo 서울대학교 사회발전연구소 2018 Journal of Asian Sociology Vol.47 No.3

This study attempts a comparative analysis of the social movements of young people in East Asia. Since the 2000s, young people in East Asia have been coined as the “Three Giveup Generation” (South Korea), “Bomb Generation” (Taiwan), and “Loss Generation” (Japan), suggesting that they are in despair and lacking visions and hope for their future. However, the youths have been expressing their opinions on multiple issues in the form of organized action, such as the Anti-Constitutional Movement (Japan), the Sunflower Movement against China in the case of Taiwan, and the candlelight demonstrations and feminist protests in Korea. Though they share similar problems of youth unemployment, job insecurity, social inequality, their activism directed towards diverse issues and agendas reflecting each society’s contexts and situations. Therefore, such differences created multifaceted issues and agendas for future visions of youths. In this paper, I examined the similarities and differences of youth activism in East Asia and how they are related to the youth situation and politics in each country concerning frames and repertoires of movements. Also, based on research, I argue that young people developed their way of political engagement and contentious politics reflecting their context and conditions; therefore it is necessary to debunk ‘youth deficit model,’ which regards youth as mere victims of the society. Despite visible differences in issues and frames of contentions, East Asian youth politics share many commonalities regarding repertories such as frequent use of digital media and connections to youth cultures. First of all, the prevalent use of SNS made youth activists able to organize the boundary of campus activism reaching wider public. Secondly, the exposure to SNS and online media decreased the repressive violence towards demonstrators and created peaceful demonstrations. Therefore, diverse groups could participate in activisms and contentions. However, there are differences of critical issues in three countries’ contentions reflecting youth’s situations. Overall, the similarities and differences among the youth activism in East Asian countries revealed that, despite the shared problems of East Asia’s youths, they conjure visions and hopes for society in multifaceted ways.

청소년 실태조사를 통한 청소년활동의 방향성 모색 - 경기도 청소년을 중심으로

권일남 ( Kwon Il Nam ),전명순 ( Jeon Myong Sun ),서재범 ( Seo Jae Bum ) 한국청소년활동학회 2021 한국청소년활동연구 Vol.7 No.1

배경 및 목적: 본 연구는 경기도 청소년의 청소년활동에 대한 실태조사를 바탕으로 청소년활동의 방향성을 모색하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 방법론/접근: 이를 위해 청소년 2153명을 대상으로 청소년의 활동참여정도와 수준에 대한 설문조사를 실시하였다. 결과/결론: 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 청소년들의 청소년활동 참여수준에 있어서 연령에 따른 차이가 있었고, 청소년시설을 알게 된 경로는 친구와 선후배를 통해서가 많았고, 청소년동아리활동과 자원봉사활동, 일반적활동의 참여가 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 청소년시설의 아쉬운 점으로는 프로그램의 다양성, 지역을 대표할 수 있는 프로그램 부족, 홍보 부족으로 나타났다. 셋째, 청소년활동 참여가 의미있고 중요하다고 인식하는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 지역에서 제공해 주기를 원하는 활동에는 심리적 자존감을 높여주는 활동, 편안한 쉼과 여가를 즐기는 활동, 사회적 약자지원 청소년자원봉사활동에 대한 요구가 높았다. 다섯째, 성별, 연령, 지역에 따라 청소년시설에서 제공하는 활동영역에 대한 만족 기대가 달랐다. 여섯째, 지역에 만들어지기를 원하는 시설로는 진로체험중심의 시설과 스포츠특성화시설에 대한 필요를 가장 크게 요구하였다. 일곱째, 비대면으로 다양한 활동이 가능하지만, 필요 장비를 다루는 법, 비대면활동 개발방법에 어려움을 나타냈다. 또한, 경기북부와 경기남부의 청소년은 지역에 만들어지기를 원하는 시설(경기북부-스포츠 특성화시설, 진로체험 중심 특성화시설, 경기남부-녹음, 제작이 가능한 활동시설, 진로체험 중심 특성화시설)에서 차이를 보였다. 시사점: 이러한 결과로 경기도 청소년들의 활동 참여와 청소년활동의 방향성을 제시하였다. Background & Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find the direction of youth activities based on a survey on youth activities in Gyeonggi Province. Methodology/Approach: To this end, a survey was conducted on 2153 adolescents about the degree and level of their participation in activities. Findings/Conclusions: The results are as follow. First, there was a difference according to age in the level of youth participation in youth activities, and the channels to know youth facilities were through friends and seniors and juniors, and youth club activities, volunteer activities, and general activities were highly engaged. Second, the regrets of youth facilities were lack of diversity in programs, lack of programs that can represent the region, and lack of publicity. Third, it was found that participation in youth activities was recognized as meaningful and important. Fourth, the activities that the region wanted to provide were highly demanding for activities that enhance psychological self-esteem, activities that enjoy comfortable rest and leisure, and volunteer activities for the socially disadvantaged. Fifth, satisfaction expectations for the activity areas provided by youth facilities were different according to gender, age, and region. Sixth, as facilities that were desired to be built in the region, the need for career experience-oriented facilities and sports specialized facilities was most demanded. Seventh, it was possible to perform various activities non-face-to-face, but showed difficulties in how to handle necessary equipment and develop non-face-to-face activities. In addition, youths in northern Gyeonggi and southern Gyeonggi showed differences in the facilities they wanted to be built in the region. Implications: As a result of this, Gyeonggi-do youth's participation in activities and direction of youth activities were suggested.

청소년의 엽기문화 연구

정철상 한국청소년학회 2008 청소년학연구 Vol.15 No.2

This study sheds light on youth's fondness for the bizarre which became a cultural practice in the society, gaining exponential response and attention of youth. A taste for the bizarre grew so prevalent among youth that it is no longer appropriate to regard it as a passing fad. Today, the internet usage rate for Korean youth is rising drastically to a degree that it is not likely to estimate accurate statistics. The trend is not only related to quantitative growth but also affects qualitative aspect of the internet usage particularly in terms of the type of information and contents. Youth' taste for the bizarre is expression of their individuality and cultural uniqueness. Against this backdrop, this study intends to analyze the significance of the fondness to youth. By doing so, we will be able to find out several solutions to negative effects of the cyberspace which are emerging as a serious social problem. As a result of the study, five propositions were made. First, it is required to reinforce values education for youth. As the cyberspace is represented by anonymity, it is all the more important to teach them to be polite and disciplined in expressing the thoughts, to establish a sound and healthy youth culture. Second, critical thinking and the analytic capability of youth should be enhanced to inculcate sound self-consciousness on them, to prevent the conflict of values or confusion related to exposure to a taste for the bizarre. Third, it is important to create and provide the cultural contents and programs which will induce youth to unleash the fullest potential comprised ofenthusiasm and surplus energy, so as to ensure youth is not indulging in the taste. Fourth, it is required for teachers, parents and the youth instructors to accept diversified aspects of the youth culture and come up with varied monitoring systems, to give youth the opportunity to create a sound culture of their own. Last, a variety of the follow-up studies should be launched to help youth create their own lively and fresh culture based on the fondness for the bizarre, rather than focusing solely on the reverse function of the trend. 본 연구는 청소년들의 폭발적인 반응과 관심을 받으며 당당하게 자리매김을 한 엽기문화에 대한 연구로 이러한 엽기의 유행은 이미 유행이라는 말 자체가 무색 할 정도로 일상생활 용어로 인식이 되어있다. 이러한 큰 목적을 정점으로 이 연구는 다음과 세부 목적을 갖고 있다. 오늘날 청소년들의 인터넷 이용률은 정확한 통계를 산출하기 불가능할 정도로 급격히 증가하고 있다. 양적으로 증가하고 있을 뿐 아니라 이용하는 정보나 내용의 종류 등 질적인 면에서도 급변하는 추세이다. 그중에서 청소년들에게 인기 있는 엽기는 청소년들의 독특한 문화와 개성을 엿볼 수 있는 그들만의 표현수단이다. 청소년들에게 있어서 엽기가 어떠한 의미를 지니는지 살펴보고자 한다. 그래서 점차 사회문제로 대두되고 있는 사이버 상의 문제에 대한 해결방안들을 생각해 보려고 하는데 의의가 있다. 연구 결과에 따라 다음과 같은 제언하였다. 첫째, 청소년들의 가치관의 교육을 강화시켜야 한다. 익명성을 바탕으로 하는 On-line상에서도 올바른 예절과 절제가 있는 표현을 통한 청소년만의 밝고 건전한 문화가 필요하다. 둘째, 엽기문화 노출에 따른 가치관의 갈등이나 혼란이 발생하지 않도록 청소년들의 다양한 비판적 사고와 분석 능력의 향상을 통한 건전한 자아의식의 함양이 절실히 필요하다. 셋째, 청소년들이 엽기문화에 탐닉하지 않도록 청소년들의 열정과 잉여에너지를 마음껏 발산할 수 있는 다양한 문화 콘텐츠와 프로그램의 개발 및 제공되어져야 하겠다. 넷째, 다양한 그들만의 문화를 인정하고 다양한 방법의 모니터링을 통하여 청소년들의 건전한 그들만의 문화가 형성되도록 교사나 학부모, 청소년지도사 모두가 노력해야 한다. 다섯째, 청소년엽기문화의 역기능적인 면만 보지 말고 엽기문화를 통하여 발랄하고 참신한 그들만의 문화를 형성할 수 있도록 다양한 후속 연구가 필요하다.

청소년노동과 청소년정책의 방향

송병국(Byeong-Kug Song) 순천향대학교 인문학연구소 2008 순천향 인문과학논총 Vol.22 No.-

Recently, labor market participation and competency development of youth has become a social hot issue. However, youth labor policy has been neglected in the national youth policy. The purposes of this article are to emphasize the importance of the youth labor policy and to suggest the directions of the national youth policy. There are two kinds of tasks related to the youth labor policy. One is concerned with how to develop the vocational competency of youth effectively. The other is concerned with how to increase the employment of youth. To solve these tasks, first of all youth labor should be treated as a core agenda of the youth policy. Second, youth activity programs should focus on the development of vocational competency. Third, many youth activity programs, which are significant to upgrade the basic vocational competency for youth, should be developed and executed. Fourth, the role of youth leaders should be professionalized as an expert for competency reinforcement. Besides, it requires various political and administrative efforts such as launching the project to strengthen youth's vocational competency, job experience programs, integration of schools of after-school into academies of after-school, developing the vocational training programs for the disadvantaged, and organizing the supporters to promote overseas employment of youth.

청소년육성 재원 및 육성기금ㆍ재정운용 현황과 발전방향

이연희,박진규 한국청소년학회 2010 청소년학연구 Vol.17 No.1

A new youth charter has been proclaimed and 'the youth must be recognized as a hope of the future and at the same time the owner of today's live, therefore youth policy must be a policy for youth. Futhermore, youth policy has been realigned as one of the national public polices, so that the youth could enjoy welfare supports through protecting their rights and establishing service systems. Since the establishment of the Korean government in August of 1948, the youth policy has gone through many changes. By transferring each youth duties and policies to a single jurisdiction and government agency, paved the in '2007' formation of a single department called 'National Youth Commission', and also, through the sector ministries going under the Prime Minister's affiliated organization, various youth policies have been made available through the various ministries and offices. Also, as agencies promotes youth policies, they recognized as community member's independent person, and have been guaranteeing the various youth desires and rights and raised the participation rate of institutional and voluntary events. We are in a time when youths, the future of our country, need more public awareness. In a fast changing era and in our present situation, the youths are going through excessive competition for entrance exams, severe stress and the standardization of everyday life, and they are in need of support from adult organization. Most of all, in a time when youths need the help from adult policies, we must be able to help the youth, who need support through fulfillment of sociality and provision of learning centers and jobs, by protecting each one of them to adapt and be self reliant. They are in need of diversified effort and understanding for them to live a healthy life, and as heroes of the society with a healthy and bright future. By establishing healthy development support system and strengthening the policy basis that reflects the changing times and various social needs, there's no question that youths should be provided an independent policy framework focus on them. We must give our support so that in the future the youth would enjoy a sound and superior effects of the policies. 이 연구는 1948년 8월 우리나라 정부가 수립된 이후 최근까지 청소년육성지원 체제의 주요 과정을 추적하고, 아울러 청소년육성기금의 조성방법과 그 현황에 대한 분석 필요성 때문에 시도되었다. 따라서 이 연구의 목적은 우리나라 청소년육성정책 중 청소년육성기금 및 재원과 관련한 청소년정책의 변천과정을 분석해 보고 아울러 청소년육성기금과 재정의 실태, 그리고 문제점을 파악해 보려는 데 두었다. 연구의 구체적 목적으로는 1)청소년육성재원에 관련된 이론적 배경은 무엇이며 이와 관련한 청소년육성정책은 어떻게 변천되어 왔는가, 2)연도별 청소년육성기금의 실태는 어떠하며 육성재원은 어떻게 운용되어 왔는가, 3)기금의 운용현황과 육성재원의 세부구성을 볼 때, 그 문제점과 관련한 대책은 무엇인가? 하는 것 등을 들 수 있다. 이 연구는 문헌조사 분석 방법에 따라 진행되었으며, 최근에 자료를 망라하여 조사하였다. 연구의 결과로는 첫째, 1987년 청소년육성법에 의해 청소년육성기금이 처음 만들어지기 시작하여 당시에는 청소년육성 자체보다는 청소년에 대한 선도 및 보호위주의 정책과 사업이 펼쳐졌고 둘째, 청소년육성기금은 도약기(1989년 ~ 1994년 전후), 실용기(1995년 전후~1998년), 활성기(1999년~2003년), 잠식기(2004년 ~2008년) 등으로 특징지어 운용되어 왔음을 제시할 수 있다. 셋째, 현재는 안정적인 청소년육성기금을 확보하기 위한 새로운 청소년정책과 대안이 절실히 요구되는 시기라 할 수 있다.

청소년의회 참여경험이 공동체의식에 미치는 영향

김아영,장여옥 한국청소년학회 2021 청소년학연구 Vol.28 No.8

본 연구는 청소년의회의 설치 및 운영이 확대되고 있는 시점에서 지방자치단체에서 설립한 청소년의회를 중심으로 청소년의회 참여경험이 청소년의 공동체의식에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 서울시와 경기도에서 운영 중인 어린이‧청소년의회에 참여하고 있는 청소년의원 137명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 상관분석, t-test와 일원분산분석, 위계적 회귀분석을 활용하였다. 본 연구결과는 첫째, 청소년의 연령이 높을수록 청소년의회 참여기간이 길었으며, 높은 수준의 부모관계를 형성한 청소년이 높은 공동체의식을 보였다. 둘째, 성별, 청소년의회 참여정도, 청소년의회 참여만족도가 공동체의식에 영향을 미쳤지만 청소년의회 참여기간, 월 참여횟수, 의사결정권한은 공동체의식에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 마지막으로 공동체의식의 하위영역별 결과에서 청소년의회 참여정도가 적극적인 청소년, 청소년의회 참여만족도가 높은 청소년일수록 구성원의식, 상호영향의식, 정서적 연계, 공익추구적 태도가 높았다. 또한 청소년의회 참여만족도가 높은 청소년일수록 사회적 참여의식이 높았다. 이와 같은 연구결과를 바탕으로 청소년의 참여와 권리를 확대할 수 있는 각 지방자치단체의 청소년의회의 활성화 방안을 제시하였다. This study analyzed the effects of youth council participation experience on sense of community, focusing on youth councils established by local governments at a time when the establishment and operation of youth councils is expanding. An online survey was conducted on 137 youth council's participation in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The data were analyzed for correlation analysis, t-test, ANOVA, and hierarchical regression analysis. First, Older youth showed a long period of youth council participation, and youth who had a high level of parental relationships showed high sense of community. Second, while gender, youth council participation and satisfaction with youth council participation affected the sense of community, the duration of youth council participation, the number of monthly participations, and decision-making authority did not affect the sense of community. Finally, youth with active participation, and youth with higher satisfaction with youth council participation had higher membership consciousness, mutual influence consciousness, emotional connection, and public interest seeking attitude. Also, youth with higher satisfaction level of participation in the youth council were more likely to be conscious of social participation. Based on these findings, a plan to revitalize the youth councils by local governments was suggested to expand the participation and rights of youth.

청년의 정부 청년정책 신뢰수준 영향변인 분석: 사회·인구학적 특성, 청년의 청년정책에 대한 인식, 청년정책 기대수준, 청년취업 공정수준과의 관계를 중심으로

구철회 한국청소년학회 2022 청소년학연구 Vol.29 No.7

본 연구의 목적은 청년의 정부 청년정책 신뢰에 관련된 인구·사회학적 변인들을 파악하고, 청년의 청년정책에 대한 인식, 청년정책 기대수준, 청년취업 공정수준이 정부 청년정책 신뢰에 미치는 영향력을 분석함으로써 적실성 있는 청년정책 방향을 제시하는 것이다. 우선 연구대상자들의 사회·인구학적 특성을 분석하고, 사용 척도의 신뢰도를 담보하기 위하여 Cronbach α계수를 파악하였다. 나이, 경제적 수준, 청년정책에 대한 인식, 청년정책 기대수준, 청년취업 공정수준, 정부 청년정책 신뢰에 대한 남녀 간 차이를 살펴보기 위하여 t-test를 실시하였다. 그리고 선택한 변인들이 정부 청년정책 신뢰에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위하여 위계적 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과를 살펴보면, 첫째, 청년들의 경제적 수준, 청년정책 기대수준, 정부 청년정책에 대한 신뢰 인식 정도에서 남녀 간 차이가 유의미하게 나타났다. 둘째, 청년정책에 대한 인식 수준이 정부 청년정책 신뢰에 유의한 영향력을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 청년취업 공정수준 인식이 정부 청년정책 신뢰에 추가적인 영향력과 조절력을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. This paper aims to suggest the direction of government youth policies by identifying socio-demographic variables related to young people's trust in government youth policies, and analysing the influence of young people's perceptions of youth policies, youth policy expectations, and youth employment fairness levels on government youth policy trust. Looking at the results of the study, first, there were differences between men and women in the economic level of young people, the expectation level of youth policy, and the level of trust in the government's youth policy. Second, it was found that the level of awareness of youth policy had a significant influence on the government's trust in youth policy. Third, it was found that the perception of the fair level of youth employment has additional influence and control power on the trust in the youth policy in the government. Based on the results of this study, implications for the government to consider in establishing youth policies were presented, and the limitations of the study and follow-up studies were discussed.

청소년정책에 관한 국제 비교 연구 - 한국, 미국, 일본을 중심으로 -

강영배,진영선 미래를 여는 청소년학회 2008 미래청소년학회지 Vol.5 No.1

The purpose of this paper is to study the youth policy between Korea, the United States and Japan on the comparative perspective. Especially, We analyse the youth policy of three countries on the law relating the youth policy, the adminstration system for youth policy, policy contents. Through the work, We want to get some implications to youth policy of Korea. Firstly, the implication from the youth policy of United States is that it is need the integrating administration system for youth should be constructed and the programs providing for youth should be evaluated. Secondly, Local self-governing group is should be reinforced and youth programs centered on the local community should be executed. Thirdly, the substantial aim of the youth programs helps their development, it is needed the development of youth program through the analysis of youth programs on the foreign countries for this aim. and then we can also get some implications from Japan youth policy. Firstly, youth policy should not be separated from child policy and aged policy, but should be integrated following their developmental stage. Secondly, the aim of youth policy should be coordinated as the change of an environment and an age. In other words, the youth is the subject of youth policy and the aim and contents of youth policy should be orientated from youth. Lastly, first of all the integrity, efficiency and continuity of organizations and administration relating youth affairs should be considered on the youth policy 본 연구는 한국, 미국 그리고 일본의 청소년정책을 정책목표 및 과제, 정책추진체계, 청소년정책과 관련된 법률, 제도적 장치의 마련, 정책내용별 분석을 통하여 향후 한국의 청소년정책에 대한 함의점을 도출하는데 그 목적이 있다고 할 수 있다. 먼저 미국의 청소년정책에서 얻을 수 있는 시사점으로는 첫째, 국가가 지역단위에서 추진되고 있은 프로그램들을 종합적, 체계적으로 관리할 수 있는 시스템을 구축하여야 하며, 정부가 지원하는 사업에 대한 평가를 실시하여야 한다는 점이다. 둘째, 효과적인 청소년정책의 추진을 위해서는 지방자치단체의 역량을 강화할 필요가 있으며, 청소년 프로그램 또한 지역사회를 중심으로 추진되어야 한다. 셋째, 외국에서 시행되고 있는 유사프로그램에 대한 분석을 통해 청소년에게 실질적인 도움을 줄 수 있는 프로그램을 개발하여야 한다. 다음으로 일본의 청소년정책이 시사하는 바로는 첫째, 청소년정책은 각각의 발달단계에 따라 분리되어서는 안되며, 상호 연계 및 통합되어야 한다는 점이다. 즉, 아동정책과 성인, 여성 그리고 노인정책과의 유기적인 연계가 필요하다. 이를 위해서는 정책추진부서를 단일화할 필요가 있겠다. 둘째, 청소년정책의 목표는 시대적, 환경적 변화에 맞게 설정되어야 한다는 점이다. 즉, 청소년정책의 목표 및 과제에 청소년을 맞추는 것이 아니라 변화하는 청소년에 따라 정책의 목표 및 과제가 설정되어야 한다. 이를 위해서는 관련부서의 실무자로 이루어진 실무자회의를 적극적으로 추진할 필요가 있겠다.

‘학생’과 ‘노동’으로 고찰한 청소년 정체성 - 청소년소년 『곁에 있다는 것』을 중심으로 -

오세란 한국아동청소년문학학회 2022 아동청소년문학연구 Vol.- No.31

The purpose of this study is to analyze the phenomenon of the inversion of the meaning of youth in the performance of speech, which used to refer to youth as a student, and its effect. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to examine the reality of identity as a ‘generation preparing for the future’ and ‘a generation that needs to learn something’ contained in the language of students. Specifically, I tried to define the identity of youth created by the modern system by visualizing ‘youth labor’, an invisible area of youth that does not converge as a student. To approach this phenomenon in a historical context, the antagonistic relationship between youth labor and student status was examined by analyzing youth labor in Kim Jung-mi’s youth novel 『Being by your side』. Looking at cases from the youth labor of women working in factories in the 1970s and 1980s to the recent part-time work of youth, the identity of workers in the early days of youth workers was replaced by students and changed to part-time workers, and the tasks of youth were changed to that of students. The identity of the youth was defined as the existence of a minor while replacing them with the task of studying or entrance exams. It was excluded from the independent self-awareness that youth can acquire through labor or from the identity of youth as a current economic entity. The identity of youth as a ‘student’ in modern society cannot be overlooked or denied. It is an undeniable fact that identity of student is one element of identity of youth. However, it is also necessary to think of the presentness of the independent self-awareness shown through youth workers as a possibility to constitute the identity of boys. After all, the current identity of youth is a narrow definition created by adult power in modern society.

인구구조 변화에 따른 청년 사회・정치참여의 필요성 및 방안

이윤주 법과사회이론학회 2019 법과 사회 Vol.0 No.61

From the latter half of the 2000s, the youth is emerging as a group of clear identity beyond the concept of sociological group and further beyond the notion of designating a social group of people in the specific ages. This implies that the youth identity is not only limited to the economic inequality but also closely related to the daily politics embracing social and cultural fields. The social views over the youth are changing in accordance with the changes in the social environment including low birth rate, aging, high education level and low growth. Meanwhile, criticisms exist that the young generation are disinterested in the politics and society, so that they do not even participate in a passive way when it comes to discussions over the social and political participation of the youth. However, if categorized in details, the political disinterest and inactivity have common features in that both lead to passive actions but the implications are very different indeed. While the causes of depoliticizing are sought after from the youth for the political disinterest, the political inactivity appears when the demands of the youth are not accepted in the society and when the youth are systematically excluded from participation. The former can be improved with the training of citizens but the latter requires seeking solutions from legislative systems. As a result, proposing an alternative of a single method without separating the nature of the two issues, would generate not a very attractive result. Also for the same reason, the political and social disinterest of the youth should be closely monitored from the systematic level of political and social exclusion and not from individual perspectives. It proposes how important it is for a sturdy system setup to encourage the political participation of the youth. This research intends to seek measures to promote social, and political participation of the youth based on the Framework Act on the Youth (draft bill) proposed in the 20th National Assembly. 최근 한국사회에서 청년은 단순히 특정 연령대에 걸쳐있는 사회적 집단을 지칭하는 개념을 넘어서 다른 세대와 차별화되는 정체성을 지닌 집단으로 등장하고 있다. 청년의 정체성은 단지 경제적 불평등 문제에 국한되지 않고, 사회, 문화 영역을 포괄하여 일상생활 정치와 밀접하게 연관되어 있다. 더불어 저출산과 고령화, 고학력화와 저성장 등 복합적으로 사회여건이 변함에 따라 청년을 바라보는 사회적 관점에도 변화가 발생하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 청년의 사회․정치참여의 의도와 실천이 개인적 차원이 문제가 아니라 제도적 차원에서도 보장하기 위한 사회적 안전망의 필요성을 제안한다. 더불어 중앙과 지방정부에서 시행하는 청년 정책을 토대로 청년의 사회・정치참여를 활성화하기 위한 방안을 모색해보고자 한다.