Local youth, between the crisis and the collective action

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Cesar Augusto González Vélez

Abstract

This reflective paper attempts to tackle the crisis of meaning –and material crisis- that faced contemporary societies. As a starting point to understand these crises will be considered a variety of voices from different social studies researchers who have contributed with some conceptual framework. Finally, the paper outlines how the collective action would be a field to counteract the determinant of these crises. This reflection is based on a research study entitled “Popular Organizations and Youth Subjectivities: the Case of Kennedy” conducted by the Observatory of Processes of Communitarian Organization (OPOC- in Spanish)” at Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios that will be published in the year 2013.

Author Biography

Cesar Augusto González Vélez, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios

Sociólogo de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Magíster en investigación social interdisciplinaria de la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Coordinador del Observatorio de Procesos de Organización Comunitaria (OPOC) de la
Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios.