Bowling young: How youth voluntary associations influence adult political participation
Bowling young: How youth voluntary associations influence adult political participation
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DOI：
10.1177/000312240607100303
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发表时间：
2006-06-01
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Thomas, Reuben J.
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作者：
McFarland, Daniel A.;Thomas, Reuben J.
青年的志愿活动是否增加了成年后的政治参与？政治参与的典型特征是惯性：在家庭内部繁殖，与社会阶层高度相关，成年后基本稳定。这项研究说明了政治社会化的一个要素，它发生在过渡到完全公民身份之前，模仿成年人的公民生活，而且无论家庭优势如何，都可以获得。作者使用两个纵向的国家数据集来识别鼓励成员在以后的生活中更加政治活跃的自愿协会的类型。他们发现，广泛参与课外活动是重要的，但特别是参与青年志愿协会，涉及社区服务、代表、在公共论坛上发言和产生社区认同，最能鼓励未来的政治参与。作者发现，这些影响包括自我选择和因果因素，这些因素传统上是政治社会化研究的特征。青年志愿协会对未来政治活动的影响不是微不足道的，对民主教育和选举结果都有影响。
Do the voluntary activities of youth increase political engagement in adulthood? Political participation is typically characterized by inertia: reproduced within families, highly correlated with social class, and largely stable after the onset of adulthood. This research illustrates an element of political socialization that occurs just before the transition into full citizenship, that mimics adult civic life, and that can be available regardless of family advantage. The authors use two longitudinal national datasets to identify the kinds of voluntary associations that encourage members to be more politically active later in life. They find that general involvement in extracurricular activities is important, but that in particular involvement in youth voluntary associations concerning community service, representation, speaking in public forums, and generating a communal identity most encourage future political participation. The authors find these effects net of self-selection and causal factors traditionally characterized in political socialization research. The influence of youth voluntary associations on future political activity is nontrivial and has implications for both democratic education and election outcomes.