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Growing into politics, contexts and timing of political socialisation, edited by Simone Abendschön

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Growing into politics

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edited by Simone Abendschön

Studies in European political science

contexts and timing of political socialisation

This book presents up-to-date empirical research on crucial questions of political socialisation. It suggests new approaches and answers to a classic, but still valid question of political socialisation research: 'Who learns what from whom, under what circumstances, and with what effects?' (Greenstein 1965: 13). The volume maintains that political socialisation is no universal or independent phenomenon, but one significantly shaped by the surrounding parameters of the society in which it is embedded. Therefore, deficits in political socialisation research have become especially clear in light of political and societal changes over recent decades. The book contributes to two important discussions in the study of political socialisation: first, the question of the (relative) importance of socialisation agents and contexts, second - inextricably interwoven with the first - the timing of political socialisation. From a European perspective, articles in the volume shed light on old problems and topics of the field, using new methodological approaches or dealing with long-neglected perspectives such as young children's democratic learning or political socialisation --, Provided by Publisher

Contributors xi Chapter One - Introduction: Political Socialisation in a Changing World Simone Abendschön 1 Chapter Two - Parents and Children in the Political Socialisation Process: Changes in Italy Over Thirty-Five Years Piergiorgio Corbetta, Dario Tuorto, Nicoletta Cavazza 11 Chapter Three - Children's Political Socialisation within the Family: Value Transmission and Social Milieu Factors Simone Abendschön 33 Chapter Four - The Role of Schools in Preparing 16- and 17- year-old Austrian First-Time Voters for the Election Steve Schwarzer and Eva Zeglovits 73 Chapter Five - Promoting Political Interest in Schools: The Role of Civic Education Gema M. Garcìa-Albacete 91 Chapter Six - Emergence of the European Union in Upper Secondary Education: A Comparative Analysis of French, English, German and Catalonian History Textbooks Alexandre Blanc 115 Chapter Seven - The Effect of Political Socialisation Agents on Political Participation Between the Ages of Sixteen and Twenty-One Ellen Quintelier 139 Chapter Eight - The Socialisation Effects of Digital Media on Personal Autonomy Values Carol Galais 161 Chapter Nine - Space, the Final Frontier of Political Socialisation Research: Geopolitical Contexts, Migrant Resocialisation and Political Remittances Ruxandra Paul 183 Chapter Ten - 'Who is Ready to Vote at Sixteen?': New Perspectives in the Study of Political Reasoning Bernard Fournier 217 Chapter Eleven - A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Children's Drawings as a Medium to Study Early Political Socialisation Lena Haug 231 Index 273