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- Sohl, Sofia, 1981-
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Youths' political efficacy : sources, effects and potentials for political equality
- 2014
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this dissertation is to increase knowledge of political efficacy,both theoretically and empirically. A thorough theoretical discussion iscombined with empirical studies of the development of political efficacy and of its effects on political participation. The results are also discussed in the light of political equality.In three papers, quantitative data on Swedish adolescents are analyzed. The first paper discusses what political efficacy actually entails. Based on an overview of previous research, a merged multidisciplinary perspective with a focus on people’s beliefs in their capacities to perform political actions is presented. Four main pathways concerning how youths gain political efficacy are tested. The second paper’s main question is whether, and in which ways, schools can help students gain political efficacy. In the light of political equality, it reflects upon the individual and societal effects of potential gains in youths’ political efficacy. The third paper scrutinizes the effects of political efficacy on political participation. In addition, the combinations of having political efficacy beliefs, and political knowledge or interest, are tested in order to explore potential interaction (leverage) effects. Altogether, this dissertation presents a more refined and stringent view on political efficacy. It further clarifies the concept itself, which may aid clearer, more coherent, and less ambiguous research. It also provides an input into an existing framework for understanding the development of youths’ political efficacy. Finally, it finds that political efficacy seems to work as a lever for participation. Combined with political interest, it facilitatesthe transformation of psychological engagement into political action.The findings will inform discussion on the implications of stimulating youths’ political efficacy to promote political participation and political equality. By boosting political efficacy along various pathways – in part independently of socioeconomic status – political equality may be promoted by benefiting the least advantaged.
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- Dahl, Viktor, 1979-, et al.
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Apathy or Alienation? : Political passivity among youths across eight European Union Countries
- 2018
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Ingår i: European Journal of Developmental Psychology. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1740-5629 .- 1740-5610. ; 15:3, s. 284-301
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Political participation is one of the most studied aspects of the contemporary development of western democracies. A recent trend focuses the lack of political participation among younger generations. At the same time, the last decades have also witnessed a growth in the share of young European Union (EU) citizens who express alienation, and distrust toward social and political institutions at the national as well as the European level. By studying young people across different countries of the EU, the current study aims to examine if youths’ political passivity is better explained by political apathy or alienation. Our analyses are based on a comparative survey data collected by the Catch-EyoU project comprising approximately 4 454 late adolescents assembled from eight member countries of the EU. Results from logistic regressions predicting non-voting from apathy and alienation support the idea that political passivity is best understood as the result of political apathy. Moreover, it seems that the underlying separator of apathetic and alienated youths is cognitive awareness of political life. These results are discussed in relation to potentially built-in paradoxes of apathy present in efficient and well-functional welfare-state democracies.
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- Amnå, Erik, 1950-, et al.
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Frihet, jämlikhet och ovisshet
- 2007
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Ingår i: En ny demokrati. - Stockholm : Global utmaning. - 9789197700832 ; , s. 10-14
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Stattin, Håkan, 1951-, et al.
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Setting societal engagement goals during adolescence amplifies the impacts of political interest on political activities during young adulthood
- 2023
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Ingår i: International Journal of Behavioral Development. - : Sage Publications. - 0165-0254 .- 1464-0651. ; 47:2, s. 135-145
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study examines whether youth’s goals for their future societal engagement affect their future political activities. We hypothesized, first, that youth’s political interest would be a central predictor of their future political activities and, second, that their goals for future societal engagement would moderate their political interest. The greatest future political activity would be among youth who were both politically interested and had set high goals. A community sample of about 400 16-year-olds (Mage=16.62, SD=0.71, 50.8% females) was followed over four years. The theory of planned behavior was applied. Different types of political action were predicted: offline political activities, online political activities, membership of a political/civic organization, and taking a stance in public for a party pre and post voting in a national election. Age-16 political interest significantly predicted all age-20 political activities, except for being a member of political/civic organizations and actual voting. In line with the second hypothesis, significant interactions were found between political interest and setting societal goals for all the future political activities except voting. It was concluded that youth’s early-developed agency in setting goals for their societal engagement has widespread predictive utility for their political activities over a lengthy period.
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- Amnå, Erik, 1950-
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How is civic engagement developed over time? : Emerging answers from a multidisciplinary field
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Ingår i: Journal of Adolescence. - Amsterdam : Elsevier. - 0140-1971 .- 1095-9254. ; 35:3, s. 611-627
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Insights into the development of civic values, attitudes, knowledge, skills and behaviours are greatly demanded by adults worried about a seemingly steady decline in the societal interest of their offspring. Hence, the collection of studies in this special issue on civic engagement in adolescence is not only timely and enlightening, but it also has the potentials to contribute to research in different disciplines on various dimensions, mechanisms and normative models of civic engagement. The studies reveal some promising attempts to bring civil themes into the field of adolescent development. However, to overcome some conceptual, methodological and empirical shortcomings, future developmental studies in the area need to be substantially improved by considering cultural and institutional conditions, by focussing on processes across various everyday life contexts, by merging theories from different disciplinary fields, by conceptualizing adolescents as changeable subjects, and by delineating untested and unwarranted normative assumptions.
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- Ekman, Joakim, 1970-, et al.
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Civic Engagement
- 2022
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Ingår i: The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 9780198861126 - 9780191893094 ; , s. 381-395
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The chapter focuses specifically on civic engagement as a distinct mode of political activity among citizens in contemporary democracies. In the first section, we review existing definitions of “civic engagement” in the literature, noting in particular the lack of common notions of what it entails, as well as the critique against too wide or all-encompassing definitions. In the second section, we develop a conceptual discussion about civic engagement and political participation, and suggest a thin notion of civic engagement that may be measured in a straightforward way in empirical studies. In the third section, we turn to an overview of recent empirical works on civic engagement, highlighting key findings and suggesting avenues for further research.
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- Amnå, Erik, 1950-
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In School - and After
- 2019
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Ingår i: Young Peoples' Visions and Worries for the Future of Europe. - Abingdon : Routledge. - 9781138574502 - 9781351329354
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The future of the EU largely depends on the extent to which it will survive its young citizens’ everyday evaluations. Essentially, youths are assessing its fairness, efficiency, and trustworthiness to promote a life in which their dreams about such things as happiness, justice, and health can be fulfilled. Simultaneously, the young Europeans closely follow how European governance structure manages to avoid poverty, climate change, corruption, and other societal dysfunctions.
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- Kim, Yunhwan, 1980-, et al.
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The longitudinal relation between online and offline political participation among youth at two different developmental stages
- 2017
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Ingår i: New Media and Society. - : Sage Publications. - 1461-4448 .- 1461-7315. ; 19:6, s. 899-917
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The role played by the Internet in young people’s political lives has received great research attention. However, two gaps in the literature hinder the drawing of conclusions on how online political participation is related to its offline counterpart. First, although there are multiple hypotheses on the nature of the relationship, they have not been compared in any single study. Second, although the relation may differ according to developmental stage, age differences have not been examined. We address these gaps using longitudinal data from two samples of youth at different developmental stages, and test four hypotheses for each sample. It was found, among late adolescents, that online participation serves as a gateway to offline participation. However, among young adults, offline participation spills over into online participation. These findings indicate the positive potential of online political participation in youth’s political lives, and highlight the need to focus on their developmental stages.
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