Young People's Political Participation in Western Europe

TRAMA

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.

SOMMARIO

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

AUTORE

Gema García-Albacete is Researcher at the University of Madrid, Spain. Her research focuses on political behaviour, political attitudes and civic education.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781349465071
• Collana: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: XXII, 335 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 335
• Pagine Romane: xxii