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Young people and politics in Eastern and Western Europe

Jugend und Politik in Ost- und Westeuropa
[working paper]

Christian Haerpfer
Claire Wallace
Reingard Spannring

Corporate Editor
Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien

Abstract

"Basierend auf einer Analyse des World Value Surveys 1995-97 beschäftigt sich dieser Artikel mit verschiedenen Formen politischen Engagements 16- bis 25-Jähriger in Ost- und Westeuropa. Dabei wird der Begriff des Politischen sehr weit gefasst, um politisches Interesse, politische Aktivitäten, zivile... view more

"Basierend auf einer Analyse des World Value Surveys 1995-97 beschäftigt sich dieser Artikel mit verschiedenen Formen politischen Engagements 16- bis 25-Jähriger in Ost- und Westeuropa. Dabei wird der Begriff des Politischen sehr weit gefasst, um politisches Interesse, politische Aktivitäten, zivile und politische Partizipation, Demokratiebewusstsein, Vertrauen in politische Institutionen sowie neue Formen von Politik miteinzubeziehen. Der Artikel untersucht, von welchen Faktoren diese Aspekte beeinflusst werden und wie die einzelnen Aspekte zusammenhängen. Die Analyse zeigt, dass Jugendliche nicht generell von Politik entfremdet sind, wie viele behaupten. Vor allem Jugendliche mit höherer Bildung, aus höheren sozialen Schichten und männliche Jugendliche sind involviert. Eine Ausnahme besteht bei Umweltschutz und -politik, wo Frauen aktiver und besorgter sind als Männer. Ein weiteres Ergebnis ist, dass Jugendliche in Osteuropa weniger in Politik involviert sind als in Westeuropa, und zwar sowohl in Bezug auf herkömmliche als auch auf unkonventionelle Politik. Schließlich wird eine Typologie von politischen Profilen herausgearbeitet, die zeigen, dass Jugendliche nicht schlechthin apolitisch sind, sondern sich in vielen verschiedenen Formen politisch interessieren und engagieren. Die Ergebnisse deuten eine Entwicklung von 'Lifestyle-Politik' an, die eine größere Bedeutung für politisches Handeln hat als traditionelles parteipolitisches Engagement." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"This paper considers the kind of political engagement among young people in Eastern and Western Europe, based upon a sub-sample of 16-25 year olds from the World Values Survey 1995-1997 (N=7740). By taking a broad view of politics to include political involvement, political action, civil and politi... view more

"This paper considers the kind of political engagement among young people in Eastern and Western Europe, based upon a sub-sample of 16-25 year olds from the World Values Survey 1995-1997 (N=7740). By taking a broad view of politics to include political involvement, political action, civil and political participation, democratic mindedness, the role of 'new politics' and faith in the political system, it is found that young people are both interested and active in politics. The paper considers how these different aspects of politics are associated together along with the regional and demographic variations. The analysis shows that young people are not generally disengaged from politics (as many have claimed) and that those who are most engaged are those with more education, with higher social class and who are male rather than female. The exception is with environmental politics where women are both more active and more concerned than men. The analysis also found that in general, young people in Eastern Europe are less engaged in politics than those from Western Europe, including both conventional and unconventional political activity. Finally we draw up a typology of the different kinds of political profiles of young people and from this we argue that young people are not disengaged from politics, but rather that their involvement in politics takes a variety of different forms. Furthermore this analysis suggests that we need to look at 'lifestyle' politics as an important field of political action rather than only traditional political engagement such as voting or joining political parties." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
adolescent; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; political action; political participation; politics; political attitude; youth

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood

Document language
English

Publication Year
2002

City
Wien

Page/Pages
33 p.

Series
Reihe Soziologie / Institut für Höhere Studien, Abt. Soziologie, 54

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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