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Michael Jennewein

Michael Jennewein is a researcher for democracy and economics at the 'Democracy of the Future' programme of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Regional Office for International Cooperation in Vienna, focusing on how economic concerns drive dissatisfaction with democracy.

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Why Young Voters Are Ignoring Mainstream Politics

Elena Avramovska, Matteo Dressler and Michael Jennewein

Political parties are failing to connect with young voters—can they rethink their strategies before it is too late?

Politically disengaged youth in the former eastern bloc

Michael Jennewein and Elena Avramovska

Young people across the eastern-EU member states believe in Europe and universal norms—but their governments turn them off.