Citizenship Tolerance and Humanism: Achievements and Safeguards - A Case of Young People's Interpretations of Being a Citizen of a Particular State, Lithuania

Vaiva Zuzeviciute , Evelina Viduoliene , Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz , Anna Zalewska

Abstract

​At the same time, the research on how a young generation interprets situation and what are theirperspectives on achievements in the sphere of human rights, citizenship, humanisms of young people is utmostimportance both for professionals in public security and in any other field, for educationalists in any sphere, and forthe civilisation as we know it. The status achieved is a result of immense joint efforts of thousands of years, andtherefore it deserves efforts to preserve, cherish and further develop. It is aimed in this paper both at analysing theconcepts and the way they are interpreted by young people, also some the data of a study on the interpretations onperspectives of young people on concepts at focus, is presented. The following research question was formulated: Inwhat way the young people interpret concept of citizenship, of being a citizen in a contemporary Lithuania.Key words: citizenship; tolerance; culture; humanism; dimensions.