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A Temporal Sequence of Adolescent Political Participation: Some Israeli Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2009

David Nachmias
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Adolescents in Western democracies acquire participatory-related dispositions early in life. They believe that it is the obligation of the good citizen to be informed and to take a participatory role in the affairs of his community and in politics. Some children start to participate in political activities as early as the third grade; through the twelfth grade, there is a gradual increase in the number of pre-adults who engage in such activities. Variations in adolescent political participation are large, however; they have been found to be associated not only with age but also with socioeconomic status and background measures, with the adolescent's expressed political interest, with the political interest displayed by the adolescent's parents, with curricular and extra-curricular activities, and with the adolescent's social milieu.

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British Journal of Political Science , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 71 - 83
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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