The intergenerational transmission of political orientations has been the topic of considerable research over the past few decades, but much of the evidence remains limited to two-party systems. In this study, we use data from the first wave of the Parent-Child Socialization Study conducted among 3,426 adolescents and their parents in the Flemish…

This article draws from the experiences and narratives of teenage activists throughout the Americas in order to add a needed dimension, that of peer political socialization, to the larger political and civic socialization literature. The authors argue that although the existing literature emphasizes the roles and responsibilities of adults in…

International evidence has increasingly highlighted the necessity to understand the impact of conflict on the lives of girls and women and the importance of addressing gender equality as part of peace processes. This article argues that women, and especially young women, have been left out of much of the conflict discourse within Northern Ireland…

This article discusses violent male youth culture in Northern Ireland within the context of a society emerging from a prolonged period of political violence toward peacebuilding. Specifically, the article focuses on the findings from a qualitative study carried out by the Centre for Young Men's Studies with 130 marginalized young men aged 13 to 16…

The article examines the associations between political ideology and level of psychological symptoms in youth exposed to terror attacks. The study included 2,999 7th to 10th graders from various parts of Israel. Political ideology was examined in two ways: (a) as a content dimension: "political stand"--holding right, centrist, or left wing views…

Why are some young people actively involved in political parties, community groups, or associations? What do they have in common? These are some of the questions that underlie a qualitative research project on involvement carried out among 50 young Canadian activists residing in the province of Quebec. In this article, the author discusses the…

The last decade has seen the growth of knowledge societies within neoliberal economies. As a result, learners are increasingly individualized and expected to be responsible for their learning. The main part of the article uses findings from a study of young masculinities to argue that boys are not free to choose to work toward qualifications but…

Rhetorical, historical, and feminist perspectives are used to critique some common assumptions about adolescents and their universal and distinctive status. The characteristics often perceived as timeless can be located within a sociohistorical context of their creation. The view of adolescents as out of control due to hormonal action is…

Investigates three propositions: that important political learning occurs during childhood and adolescence, that such learning is shaped by socializing agents, and that early political learning tends to persist and/or to exert an impact on later political learning and behavior. Discusses an analysis of data concerning adolescent and adult…

Asserts that the role of biologically transmitted individual differences needs to be explored fully, examines the assumptions underlying the emphasis on childhood in empirical research, and examines the nature, persistance and later impact of two sorts of orientations which may be acquired in childhood, political attitudes and party…

Examines the hypothesis that college has a substantial effect on political interest, awareness, and knowledge by comparing college students with a control group of noncollege cohorts. Finds that the effect of the passage of four years increases the awareness and knowledge of youth regardless of whether or not those years are spent in college.…

Examines the long range political consequences of the student protest movement using indicators of student and adult political activism and socialization developed to explain the adult left wing politics of students who attended universities in one of the major centers of civil rights protest during the early 1960s. (Author/JM)

Asking, Under what conditions and in what circumstances is student activism and protest likely to occur? What situational factors produce differing responses from students?'' this paper reports on the scope and intensity of university student unrest between 1964 and 1969 in 17 countries. (Author/JM)

Explores some salient attributes of university students, as well as sociopolitical conditions conducive to their vigorous political activism and social movement, focusing on the particular characteristics of Korean student political activism, and probing the sources of frustrations of Korean student leaders of the April revolution. (Author/JM)

Focusing on the sociopolitical roles and role behaviors of university students, as compared with those of the so-called working class, this study analyzed data collected by questionnaire from 1000 students at the University of Rome in May 1969. (JM)