Youth and political participation in Europe

Youth an Politics

How do young people in Europe perceive politics? How do they engage in the political realm? Which groups of young people are actively involved? And which learning environments and opportunity structures can foster parti - cipation? Furthermore methodological problems of comparative participation research are discussed and the measurement instrument that was developed in this European research project, and is certainly useful for similar studies is presented.

From the Contents:
Reingard Spannring, The meaning of and relationship with politics
Wolfgang Gaiser, Johann de Rijke, Forms of political participation among young Europeans
Sabine Westphal and Natalia Waechter, Learning for participation: family, peers, schools, voluntary organisations
Ruth Picker, Gender: a female way of participation/ young women and politics
Günther Ogris, The measurement instrument
Johann de Rijke, Wolfgang Gaiser and Franziska
Waechter, Stability of political behaviour
Reingard Spannring, Günther Ogris, Wolfgang Gaiser, Conclusion