Young citizens : young people's involvement in politics and decision making by Fahmy, Eldin instant download

Young citizens : young people's involvement in politics and decision making by Fahmy, Eldin instant download

ix, 191 p. : 24 cm, Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-180) and index, Introduction : a disconnected generation? -- Politics, participation and public policy -- Theorising disaffection and participation -- Youth, participation and \"the political\" -- Participation and public policy -- Participation and democratic theory -- Participation and the life cycle -- Exploring youth and civic participation -- Youth transitions and social change -- Individualisation and generational change -- The costs and benefits of participation -- Youth, voting and political participation -- Measuring political participation -- Youth in the 2001 British general election -- Voter registration and turnout : a multivariate approach -- The social capital debate -- Social capital and young people -- Data, hypotheses and operationalisation -- Youth, social capital and civic action : a multivariate approach -- Attitudes to political engagement -- Measuring attitudes to politics -- Attitudes to formal politics : existing findings -- Change over time in young people's political attitudes -- Youth, political attitudes and participation : a multivariate approach -- Youth participation : a European comparative perspective -- Youth, politics and citizenship in Europe -- Hypotheses, data and operationalisation -- Political trust, satisfaction and participation in Europe -- Understanding youth and participation in Europe : a multivariate approach -- Europe, citizenship rights and participation -- Talking politics : youth, political efficacy and trust -- Initial findings : the recruitment survey -- Young people and \"the political\" -- Political efficacy and trust -- Talking politics : youth and political action -- Young people's attitudes to voting -- Attitudes to protest action -- Social differences in participants' attitudes to politics -- Perspectives on widening participation in politics -- Policy implications -- Improving access to political information -- Widening opportunities for…