Young citizens : young people's involvement in politics and decision making /: young people's involvement in politics and decision making. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eldin Fahmy.
• Other Names: Fahmy, Eldin
• Contents: 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 participation.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (204 pages)
• Subjects: 323/.0420830941; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship; Youth -- Political activity -- Great Britain; Youth -- Great Britain -- Attitudes; Political participation -- Great Britain; Youth -- Great Britain -- Political activity; Youth -- Great Britain -- Attitudes; Jeunesse -- Grande-Bretagne -- Activité politique; Jeunesse -- Grande-Bretagne -- Attitudes; Participation politique -- Grande-Bretagne; Jeunes; Participation politique; Citoyenneté; Sociologie politique; UE/CE Etats membres; Political participation; Youth -- Attitudes; Youth -- Political activity; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-; Royaume-Uni; Great Britain
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351870672
• Related ISBNs: 135187067X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.