Social imaginary, youth movements and youth citizen culture in El Salvador : an analysis on the perception of rights

Abstract

The aim of this research was to identify the cultural elements, the worldview and the concepts in the social imaginary; these attitudes and contexts influence the shaping and participation of young Salvadorans as citizens. The research was ex post facto type with cross design (Montero and León, 2007); it is based on the diagnosis of a pre-existing situation and a given hypothesis; there was no opportunity to manipulate the independent variable using a post-test without a control group. This was complemented with qualitative data collection techniques, using the structured interview as technical support. Among the main results there can be mentioned that there are more training advantages for men than for women; there are differences in the type of participation exercised based on the area of residence; also, the type of education received is crucial in terms of the citizen participation competencies that youths exercise.

Entorno, august 2015, issue 59: 86-96