Are young people today politically ‘apathetic’? Or are they democratically ‘mature’ citizens? This book examines several types of involvement to reveal changes in young people’s political participation in Europe in recent decades. It uses various concepts of ‘age’ to compare participation across countries and over time.
Table of Content
1. Introduction 2. Equivalent Measures of Political Participation 3. Political Participation and Age 4. Young People’s Political Participation in Europe 5. Generational Change? Political Generations and Cohorts in Europe 6. Too Young to Participate? 7. Conclusions
About the author
Gema García-Albacete is Researcher at the University of Madrid, Spain. Her research focuses on political behaviour, political attitudes and civic education.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 335 ● ISBN 9781137341310 ● File size 6.1 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 3447063 ● Copy protection Social DRM