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Yugoslavia National Youth Federation
The National Youth Federation was the training organization
for future members of the LCY, SAWPY, and the trade unions.
Patterned after the Soviet model of youth indoctrination
organizations, the Yugoslav youth group suffered from divided
leadership, poor support from the party, and dwindling membership
in the 1980s. The very high youth unemployment rate of the late
1980s made the indoctrination of young socialists a difficult
task under the best of conditions. The proportion of
nonparticipating members doubled between 1981 and 1986. Slovenia,
where only 5 percent of youth expressed a desire to become party
members in 1986, had the lowest figure for the period. The youth
federation exerted little influence on state or party politics.
However, in 1989 the Slovenian branch of the organization
announced plans for transformation into a new political party
with mass support, in time for the 1990 Slovene parliamentary
elections.
Data as of December 1990
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