Sex, Socialization and Politics

Orum, Anthony M.; Cohen, Roberta; Grasmuck, Sherri; Orum, Amy W.

doi:10.2307/2094232

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“…Gender differences in children's political orientations are usually ascribed to different gender roles (cf. Orum et al., 1974, p. 198). Boys are frequently somewhat better informed about politics than girls (cf.…”

Section: Antecedents Of Political Orientationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children and Politics: An Empirical Reassessment of Early Political Socialization

Deth

Abendschön

Vollmar

2010

Political Psychology

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Demands for the inclusion of children, the youngest citizens, in democratic decision making are increasing. Although there is an abundance of empirical research on the political orientations of adolescents, there is a paucity of research on younger children's orientations. Our panel study of more than 700 children in their first year of primary school shows that these young children already exhibit consistent, structured political orientations. We examine the distribution and development of political knowledge, issue orientations, and notions of good citizenship. We find achievement differences between subgroups at the beginning of the school year, and these differences do not disappear. Children from ethnic minorities and lower socioeconomic residence areas show relatively less developed political orientations, and they do not improve as much over the school year as other children. Furthermore, normative political orientations and cognitive orientations differ in their development.

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Section: Antecedents Of Political Orientationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children and Politics: An Empirical Reassessment of Early Political Socialization

Deth

Abendschön

Vollmar

2010

Political Psychology

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“…Thus, political socialization emphasizes how youth learn to take on their prescribed roles in the state. Having largely defined the political realm in terms of state apparatuses and formal involvement in government and policy, some scholars conclude that girls are either less political than boys or are generally not interested in politics (Hess and Torney 1967;Orum et al 1974;Owen and Dennis 1988). Diana Owen and Jack Dennis claimed that "females tended to have less interest in politics" (1988,30).…”

Section: Reimagining Political Disavowal and Youth Apathymentioning

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“I'm Not a Politics Person”: Teenage Girls, Oppositional Consciousness, and the Meaning of Politics

Taft

2006

Pol Gender

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This article explores U.S. teenage girls' rejections of "politics," arguing that for some girls, the refusal to identify with politics is a discursive strategy informed by their consciousness of inequality and their commitments to social justice. Drawing upon interviews, focus groups, and participant observation, I show how two different groups of girls reflect on their varied experiences of political marginalization as aged, gendered, racialized, and classed subjects in order to develop a critique of the practices and policies of the U.S. government. Building on research on the various and complex meanings of political disaffection, I argue that defining politics very narrowly and then distancing oneself from it can be part of an oppositional political project, and I address myself to the implications and mechanisms of girls' use of this strategy. "I 'm not a politics person," Isis, a 16-year-old Latina 1 from Washington, DC, repeated over and over again to me in our conversations about government, politics, and social change. Her rejection of politics, however, always followed a dramatic and heartfelt outpouring of complaints about U.S. government policies and practices. Isis was full of lively critical analysis of a variety of local, national, and international

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“…Attempts to account for less political activity among women have employed three major hypotheses or sets of explanatory factors (Dowse and Hughes 1971;Orum et al 1974;Welch 1980). The situational explanation looks to the contemporary characteristics of a woman's life space.…”

Section: Gender Roles and Inequalities In Political Participation: Rementioning

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Gender Roles and Inequalities in Political Participation: Results from an Eight-Nation Study

Jennings¹

1983

The Western Political Quarterly

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Sex, Socialization and Politics

Cited by 60 publications

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Children and Politics: An Empirical Reassessment of Early Political Socialization

Children and Politics: An Empirical Reassessment of Early Political Socialization

“I'm Not a Politics Person”: Teenage Girls, Oppositional Consciousness, and the Meaning of Politics

Gender Roles and Inequalities in Political Participation: Results from an Eight-Nation Study

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