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THE GOOD LIFE IN A PRECARIOUS CULTURE: STUDENT ASPIRATIONS AND THE PLANNING OF PROFESSIONAL FUTURES IN CROATIA.

This article presents a qualitative analysis of open-ended survey responses examining how university students in Croatia perceive the notion of a "good life" under conditions of precarity. It explores how young people relate to a precarious culture in which economic, temporal, and social insecuritie...

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Published in:Croatian Journal of Ethnology & Folklore Research / Narodna Umjetnost Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 39 - 58
Main Author: ŠKOKIĆ, TEA
Format: Article
Published: Institute of Ethnology & Folklore Research 2026
Subjects:
Student aspirations
Croats
Security (Psychology)
Qualitative research
Economic security
Vocational guidance
Social context
Croatia
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article presents a qualitative analysis of open-ended survey responses examining how university students in Croatia perceive the notion of a "good life" under conditions of precarity. It explores how young people relate to a precarious culture in which economic, temporal, and social insecurities are reflected. The focus is on responses that reveal which aspects of this culture students internalize, which they resist, and how. The paper also examines how they plan their professional futures, the obstacles they identify along the way, and the strategies they employ to overcome them.
Rad se temelji na kvalitativnoj analizi otvorenih odgovora iz ankete kojom se ispituje kako studenti u Hrvatskoj percipiraju pojam "dobrog života" u uvjetima prekarnosti. U radu se istražuje odnos mladih i prekarne kulture, u kojoj se odražavaju ekonomske, vremenske i društvene nesigurnosti. Fokus je na odgovorima koji otkrivaju koje aspekte te kulture studenti internaliziraju, a kojima se opiru i na koje načine. Rad također analizira kako planiraju svoju profesionalnu budućnost, koje prepreke pritom prepoznaju te koje strategije koriste kako bi ih prevladali.