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Hans Oswald This book, too, is the result of an adventure. It began in 1995 when the author of this foreword began his work at Potsdam University with a longitudinal study of the political socialization of young people, in which he sought to predict the behavior of fIrst-time voters from his new home Brandenburg, one of the new German states, in the Bundestag election of 1998. To this end, the study was to begin with students of grade 10 of the Gymnasium (college prep-track school), continue with two more waves of data collection in grade 11 and 12, and end with a fourth and fInal wave after election day in grade 13. The plan for the investigation stipulated questioning all parallel classes at representatively selected schools, in order to comprise as many friends as possible, thus making it possible to make their mutual socialization influence accessible to analysis. Additionally, both parents of each pupil were to be questioned, in order to set their influence in relation to that of the friends. It was fortunate that Karin Weiss, with whom I had already worked to gether for several years on research projects at Berlin's Free University, re ceived a professorship at the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, providing the opportunity for renewed cooperation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface.- 1 Introduction - The Concept of Political Identity.- 2 Characteristics of German Society - The Context in which Youth are Brought Up.- 3 Characteristics of Israeli Society: The Context Youth is Brought Up.- 4 Characteristics of Palestinian Society: Youth and Their Context.- 5 Political Interest - Its Meaning and General Development.- 6 Gender Differences in Political Interest Among Adolescents from Brandenburg.- 7 The Persistence of Vision: Interest of Israeli Youth in Social and Political Issues.- 8 Gender Differences in Political Interest Among Palestinian Youngsters in the West Bank.- 9 Political Participation - Its Meaning and General Development.- 10 Political Participation of Adolescents in Brandenburg: The Significance of the Family Context.- 11 "The Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Tree": Parents' and Children's Support for Violent Political Activities in Israel.- 12 Political Participation of Adolescents in the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories: The Significance of the Family Context.- 13 Attitudes Toward Democracy and the Political Community - Their Meaning and General Development.- 14 Parents, Adolescence, and Attitudes Toward Democracy.- 15 The River and the Stream - The Democratic Idea in Israel.- 16 Palestinian Democracy: Attitudes of Parents and Adolescents.- 17 Summary.- Appendix Methodology - Sampling, Samples, and Questionnaires Hilke Rebenstorf.- References.
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Dr. Hilke Rebenstorf, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Hildesheim.
Zusammenfassung
How much are young people interested in politics? Are they ready for political participation? What do they think about democracy, in general as well as about the onethey experience? How do their attitudes develop and to what extent are their views influenced by their parents?
