Future of Our Democracies - Young Party Members in Europe

Zusatztext 'Displaying a clear style and sound analysis [...] this volume provides a major contribution both at the theoretical and empirical levels.' - Political Studies Review Informationen zum Autor MICHAEL BRUTER is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, where he is also creating a new structure for research in electoral psychology. He has published books and articles on elections, public opinion, political identities, extreme right politics, political psychology and social science research methods, including Citizens of Europe? and Encyclopaedia of European Elections (edited with Yves Déloye). SARAH HARRISON is Research Officer in Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, where she is also involved with the creation of a new structure for research in electoral psychology. She has published broadly on extreme right politics, party politics, elections, and political psychology. Klappentext This book presents the results of a new comparative research project on the trajectories! motivations! perceptions and attitudes of young members (aged 18-25) of 15 different European political parties in the UK! France! Germany! Spain! Norway and Hungary. The project combined a mass survey of 2919 young party members with 517 in-depth interviews. Zusammenfassung This book presents the results of a new comparative research project on the trajectories! motivations! perceptions and attitudes of young members (aged 18-25) of 15 different European political parties in the UK! France! Germany! Spain! Norway and Hungary. The project combined a mass survey of 2919 young party members with 517 in-depth interviews. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction and Background Model and Methods Becoming a Young Party Member: Inheritance, Paths to Membership, and Political Socialization 24 Hours in the Life of a Young Party Member How the Party Changed my Life Young Party Members and their Party Young Party Members and their Democracy Young Party Members and their Future The Future of our Democracies The Survey...

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• Authors: Bruter, M Bruter, M. Bruter, Michael Bruter, Michael Harrison Bruter, BRUTER MICHAEL HARRISON SARAH, S Harrison, S. Harrison, Sarah Harrison
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.09.2009
• EAN: 9780230219731
• ISBN: 978-0-230-21973-1
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Europe, European Politics, Political Science, European Union, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social, group or collective psychology, Community and Environmental Psychology, Community Psychology, Comparative Politics, Environmental Psychology, EU (European Union), Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, European Union Politics, Europe—Politics and government, Elections & referenda, elections, Electoral Politics, democracy;European Politic;perception