Young People’s Political Participation in Western Europe

García-Albacete, Gema

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“…In contrast, following the birth of a child, men lessen their dedication to household work and increase the hours in the workplace to maximize economic rewards (Bianchi et al, ; Burns et al, ). Scholars have shown that marriage and especially parenthood is detrimental to European women's social networking and political knowledge and engagement, but not that of men (Ferrin, Fraile, & García‐Albacete, ; García‐Albacete, ; Quaranta & Dotti Sani, ). As a result, women are less likely than men to benefit from the economic and cognitive resources provided by the working environment, which enhance political learning and engagement (Burns et al, ).…”

Section: Sex Role Socialization and Political Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…During the early years, the likelihood of declaring an interest in politics tends to increase until the second half of a person's 20s. The literature identifies these years as a formative period in which many “firsts” occur during the progress into adulthood (Dinas, ; García‐Albacete, ). During these years, citizens commonly search for their first job, leave the parental home, attend university, move in with a partner, and/or vote for the first time.…”

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Tracing the Gender Gap in Political Interest Over the Life Span: A Panel Analysis

Fraile

Sánchez-Vítores

2019

Political Psychology

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Despite recent advances in gender equality in political representation and the availability of resources, this article shows that there is a persistent gender gap in declared political interest over the life cycle. Using evidence from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), we track the gender gap through the life span of citizens. At age 15, there is already a substantial gender gap of 20 percentage points in the probability of respondents reporting being politically interested, pointing to gendered socialization processes as the key explanation for such differences. In the following 10 years, as people develop into adults and unravel their political orientations, the extent of the gender gap continues to grow by about 10 additional percentage points. Following these formative years, attitudes crystallize and so does the gender gap, remaining at the same size (around 30 percentage points of difference between women and men) over the life course. These findings suggest that the development of gender roles during early childhood is a crucial phase in the source of the gender gap, deserving further attention from scholars.

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Section: Sex Role Socialization and Political Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sex Role Socialization and Political Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tracing the Gender Gap in Political Interest Over the Life Span: A Panel Analysis

Fraile

Sánchez-Vítores

2019

Political Psychology

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“…Regarding their political participation, young people are less likely to cast a vote in elections (e.g. Blais, Gidengil and Nevitte 2004;Franklin 2004); they are less interested in politics in general (Martín 2004;García-Albacete 2014), and particularly detached from party politics and traditional institutions (Scarrow 2000). However, young citizens are also more willing to take the streets to make their voice heard (Barnes and Kaase 1979), and more likely to use creative forms of action (Norris 2002;Stolle, Hooghe and Micheletti 2005).…”

Section: Young Citizens' Attitudes and Behaviour: Why Are They Differmentioning

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La juventud después de la austeridad. Comportamiento y actitudes políticas

García-Albacete

Lorente

2019

Rev. int. sociol.

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La crisis económica transformó la manera en la que los ciudadanos se relacionan con la política, afectando de forma más directa a los jóvenes. La crisis supuso un descenso en los niveles de confianza en las instituciones políticas, así como un aumento de las acciones de protesta. Sin embargo, el periodo post-crisis está aún por ser analizado. Diez años después, ¿qué ha ocurrido con las actitudes y comportamientos políticos de los jóvenes? Este artículo analiza las potenciales consecuencias a largo plazo del interés por la política y la confianza institucional de los jóvenes, así como de sus niveles de participación política. Al examinar su comportamiento político, usamos una clasificación de distintos tipos de participantes que nos permite comparar jóvenes y adultos, y también los jóvenes de antes, durante y después de la crisis. A nivel empírico, utilizamos una estrategia descriptiva, valiéndonos de datos de encuesta de la Encuesta Social Europea, cubriendo un importante periodo de tiempo (2002-2016) y 16 países europeos. La comparación, por tanto, es triple: jóvenes a lo largo del tiempo, jóvenes y adultos y jóvenes en diferentes países. Los resultados apoyan la idea del surgimiento de una juventud distinta en el periodo post-crisis, más implicada y participativa que los adultos y los jóvenes de antes de la crisis. Con todo, los resultados no muestran diferencias radicales entre países más y menos afectados por la crisis económica.

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“…In literature, the youth have been portrayed as apathetic, distrustful and unsupportive of democratic institutions, and uninterested in public affairs (Albacete 2014). Some argue that youth political participation is changing rather than declining.…”

Section: Youth Political Participation and Institutional Trustmentioning

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Political Participation and Institutional Trust of Young Adults in Ukraine: Matching Economic and Political Conditions with European Social Survey Fieldwork Periods, 2004–2012

Muliavka¹

2018

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Whereas economic grievance and the political opportunity structure could be the basis for understanding Ukrainian youth political participation and institutional trust, to date, no one has systematically applied the necessary contextual information to survey data to make this claim. To study these topics with survey data, we would need to match this context to the specifi c fi eldwork periods in which the survey data was collected. In this article, I match the economic and political situations of young adults in Ukraine with the fi eldwork periods of the European Social Survey (ESS) from 2004 to 2012. This facilitates the use of ESS to test theories of grievance and political opportunity structure. I found that periods of economic grievance do not neatly align with trends in participation and trust. The possibility is open for the continual low participation and trust to be associated with the political opportunity structure provided predominantly by political parties during mass uprisings.

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Young People’s Political Participation in Western Europe

Cited by 122 publications

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Tracing the Gender Gap in Political Interest Over the Life Span: A Panel Analysis

Tracing the Gender Gap in Political Interest Over the Life Span: A Panel Analysis

La juventud después de la austeridad. Comportamiento y actitudes políticas

Political Participation and Institutional Trust of Young Adults in Ukraine: Matching Economic and Political Conditions with European Social Survey Fieldwork Periods, 2004–2012

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