Young People''s Political Participation in Western Europe - Continuity Or Generational Change?

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.

List of contents

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.

Product details

• Authors: G. Garcia Albacete, Gema Garcia Albacete, Kenneth A Loparo, Kenneth A. Loparo
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2014
• EAN: 9781137341303
• ISBN: 978-1-137-34130-3
• No. of pages: 335
• Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology; Palgrave Studies in European P; Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology; Palgrave Studies in European P
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; B, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Political Science, Family, Political Sociology, Social groups, adolescence, childhood, Politics & government, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology, general, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Youth Culture, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Age groups: adolescents, Youth—Social life and customs, Age groups & generations, Palgrave Political Science Collection, Generation;participation;political participation