Social capital and political participation: understanding the dynamics of young people's political disengagement in contemporary Britain [PDF]
, 1982 Only 37 per cent of young people voted at the 2005 British General Election, seemingly confirming the oft-cited view that this generation is becoming increasingly disconnected from the political process. Results from a nationwide survey however, indicate
Matt Henn +17 more
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Strategic Media, Cynical Public? Examining the Contingent Effects of Strategic News Frames on Political Cynicism in the UK [PDF]
, 2010 Through the use of experimental methods, this study examines the claim that strategic news engenders political cynicism. Firstly, it builds upon previous theory by conceptualising and measuring political cynicism at both issue-specific and global levels.
Jackson, Dan
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Frontiers in Political ScienceTwo types of social media influencers play an important role in political communication: those who hardly post political content in addition to their regular content (i.e., social media influencers; SMIs) and those who specifically focus on political ...
Atika Aisyarahmi Munzir +6 more
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Citizenship education in England 2001-2010 : young people's practices and prospects for the future : the eighth and final report from the Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study (CELS) [PDF]
, 2010 On the one hand, there has been a marked and steady increase in young people’s civic and political participation and indications that these young people will continue to participate as adult citizens.
Benton, Thomas +4 more
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Electoral Volatility, Political Sophistication, Trust and Efficacy [PDF]
, 2012 In this article we investigate voter volatility and analyze the causes and motives of switching vote intentions. We test two main sets of variables linked to volatility in literature; political sophistication and ‘political (dis)satisfaction’.
A Blais +40 more
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Constitutionalism Outside the Courts [PDF]
, 2015 This essay is a chapter to be included in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook on the U.S. Constitution. Using the actions of Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus during the Little Rock crisis of 1957 and the U.S.
Young, Ernest A.
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Political Competences and Political Participation: On The Role of “Objective” Political Knowledge, Political Reasoning, and Subjective Political Competence in Early Adulthood [PDF]
Journal of Social Science Education, 2010 This article deals with the relation of objective political competences and the subjective assessment of one’s own political competence. The theoretical frame states that at least in early adulthood, only the subjective competence but not political ...
Frank Reichert
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Social differentiation in young people's political participation: the impact of social and educational factors on youth political engagement in Britain [PDF]
, 2013 Over the course of the last decade, policy makers in Britain have become increasingly concerned about the apparent and persisting withdrawal by young people from the formal political process.
Foard, N, Henn, M
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Perceived discrimination, political efficacy, and political participation in American Indian adults
Frontiers in Political ScienceIntroductionPsychological factors linked to political participation are largely understudied in American Indians. Prior work notes relatively low levels of participation compared to other racial and ethnic groups and suggests that identification with ...
Zachary J. Wood, Neha A. John-Henderson
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Causal Analysis of Religious Violence, a Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 2015 The present study tries to investigate the causal model of religious violence using SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) approach. Previous quantitative research in social movements and political violence suggests that there are, at least, three factors ...
M Munajat
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