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Young citizens : young people's involvement in politics and decision making / Eldin Fahmy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fahmy, Eldin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth--Political activity--Great Britain.
- Youth.
- Youth--Political activity.
- Great Britain.
- Youth--Great Britain--Attitudes.
- Political participation--Great Britain.
- Political participation.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2006]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-180) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754642593
- OCLC:
- 64486273
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