Political Character of Adolescence: The Influence of Families and Schools

M. Kent Jennings; Richard G. Niemi

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Political Character of Adolescence

The Influence of Families and Schools

M. Kent Jennings and Richard G. Niemi

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1974

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This book shows how specific agents shape the political character of adolescents, how response to these agents varies according to sex, race, and other factors, and how political learning changes through the life-cycle and across generations.

Originally published in 1974.

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History Historical Periods Contemporary History until 1945 Weimar Republic

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
I. INTRODUCTION
1. Political Learning, Individual Behavior, and the Political System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
II. ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR PARENTS
2. Attachments to the Political Parties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3. Opinions on Public Policy Issues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. Political Knowledge and Conceptual Sophistication Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
5. Citizenship Roles within the System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
6. The Impact of Parental Agreement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
III. THE IMPACT OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
7. Effects of the High School Civics Curriculum Kenneth P. Langton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
8. Social Studies Teachers and Their Pupils Lee H. Ehman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
9. The Political Texture of Peer Groups Suzanne Koprince Sebert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
IV. LONGITUDINAL PERSPECTIVES
10. Political Development over the Life Cycle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
11. Re-Creation and Change of the Political Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
V. CONCLUSION
12. Political Learning in Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Appendix: Study Design and Execution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349

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Keywords for this book

Adolescence; Politics; Political socialization; Curriculum; Political efficacy; Adult; Party identification; Learning; Participation (decision making); Political spectrum; Respondent; Percentage; Social status; Political culture; Political science; Voting age; Voting; Political philosophy; Defection; Political party; Social studies; Reinforcement; Voting behavior; Citizenship; Observational learning; Social class; Of Education; Political system; Civics; Political opportunity; Political sociology; Class size; Milgram experiment; The American Voter; Party system; Political campaign; Cosmopolitanism; Education; Counterculture; Self-image; Social issue; Ideology; Inference; Politician; Vice-principal; Political history; Economics; Opportunity cost; Policy; Peer group; Suffrage; Cultural lag; Political structure; Political alienation; Prediction; Institution; School refusal; Police state; Socioeconomic status; Youth; Identity politics; Psychology of education; The Civic Culture; Student; Radicalism (historical); Observational study; An American Dilemma; Adult education; Domestic policy; Peer pressure

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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;

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