Screen LibraryYoung citizens：young people's involvement in politics and decision making
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Ashgate,
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| Publisher Address: | Aldershot, England Burlington, Vt. |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 191 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0754642593 (alk. paper) 9780754642596 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D756 |
| CLC: | D756.185 |
| Call Number: | D756.185/F157 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-180) and index. Introduction : a disconnected generation? -- Politics, participation and public policy -- Theorising disaffection and participation -- Youth, participation and "the political" -- Participation and public policy -- Participation and democratic theory -- Participation and the life cycle -- Exploring youth and civic participation -- Youth transitions and social change -- Individualisation and generational change -- The costs and benefits of participation -- Youth, voting and political participation -- Measuring political participation -- Youth in the 2001 British general election -- Voter registration and turnout : a multivariate approach -- The social capital debate -- Social capital and young people -- Data, hypotheses and operationalisation -- Youth, social capital and civic action : a multivariate approach -- Attitudes to political engagement -- Measuring attitudes to politics -- Attitudes to formal politics : existing findings -- Change over time in young people's political attitudes -- Youth, political attitudes and participation : a multivariate approach -- Youth participation : a European comparative perspective -- Youth, politics and citizenship in Europe -- Hypotheses, data and operationalisation -- Political trust, satisfaction and participation in Europe -- Understanding youth and participation in Europe : a multivariate approach -- Europe, citizenship rights and participation -- Talking politics : youth, political efficacy and trust -- Initial findings : the recruitment survey -- Young people and "the political" -- Political efficacy and trust -- Talking politics : youth and political action -- Young people's attitudes to voting -- Attitudes to protest action -- Social differences in participants' attitudes to politics -- Perspectives on widening participation in politics -- Policy implications -- Improving access to political information -- Widening opportunities for participation. |