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Author Bruter, Michael, 1975-

Title The future of our democracies : young party members in Europe / Michael Bruter and Sarah Harrison
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) : illustrations
Contents Model and Methods -- Becoming a Young Party Member: Inheritance, Paths to Membership, and Political Socialization -- 24 Hours in the Life of a Young Party Member -- How the Party Changed my Life -- Young Party Members and their Party -- Young Party Members and their Democracy -- Young Party Members and their Future -- The Future of our Democracies -- The Survey
Summary The Future of our Democracies offers a panorama of the motivations, activities, and perceptions of young members of 15 political parties spanning the entire ideological spectrum, in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Norway, and Hungary. Using a new comparative mass survey and in-depth interviews, Bruter and Harrison look at what makes some young people engage in party politics against the tide of political apathy from their peers. The book provides an unprecedented sense of how these unusual young people see their political involvement, their party, their society, and how they envisage the future of our democracies. It shows how three types of young party members, moral-, social-, and professional-minded are characterised by radically different perceptions, hopes, and ideas about the future. The book follows their trajectories, from the origins of their membership to how they envisage their future and that of our democracies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Young adults -- Political activity -- European Union countries
Young adults -- European Union countries -- Attitudes
Political participation -- European Union countries -- Public opinion
Public opinion -- European Union countries
Young adults -- European Union countries -- Interviews
Comparative politics -- Europe.
Elections & referenda -- Europe.
Political science & theory -- Europe.
Political parties -- Europe.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
Politics and Government.
Political participation -- Public opinion
Politics and government -- Public opinion
Public opinion
Young adults
Young adults -- Attitudes
Young adults -- Political activity
Mitgliedsstaaten
Parteimitglied
Jugend
SUBJECT European Union countries -- Politics and government -- Public opinion
Subject European Union countries
Genre/Form Interviews
Form Electronic book
Author Harrison, Sarah
ISBN 9780230245426
0230245420
1282672223
9781282672222