Doctoral Dissertation Research: Expansion of Political Participation of Young Adults in Urban Communities

博士论文研究：城市社区年轻人政治参与的扩大

• 批准号: 2342953
• 负责人: Elizabeth Krause
• 金额: $ 3.15万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-15 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2342953&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Expansion; Political

The political participation of young adults plays a vital role in building vibrant political communities across the United States. Studies have shown that there is significant variance in the participation in the political process across different demographic groups. This doctoral dissertation research addresses this variance to investigate the factors that impact how young urban adults from different demographic groups build strong political ties and expand political participation. The research trains a graduate student from an underrepresented background in methods of empirical scientific data collection and analysis and contributes to broadening the participation of groups historically underrepresented in science. The research provides local and state-level policymakers with insights to support their outreach and communication strategies to effectively engage diverse demographics of citizens and to design policies to foster an inclusive and representative democracy.To study the relationships between demographic variance and everyday political participation, the researchers use qualitative and behavioral methods. These include multi-sited participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and thematic analysis. Findings from this research contribute to debates in the anthropology of democracy and youth democratic citizenship.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

年轻人的政治参与在美国各地建立充满活力的政治社区方面发挥着至关重要的作用。研究表明，不同人口群体在参与政治进程方面存在很大差异。本博士论文研究解决了这种差异，以调查影响来自不同人口群体的年轻城市成年人如何建立强大的政治联系和扩大政治参与的因素。该研究培训了一名来自经验科学数据收集和分析方法的代表性不足背景的研究生，并有助于扩大历史上代表性不足的群体在科学中的参与。该研究为地方和州一级的政策制定者提供了见解，以支持他们的外联和沟通战略，有效地吸引不同的公民人口，并设计政策，以促进包容性和代议制民主。为了研究人口差异和日常政治参与之间的关系，研究人员使用定性和行为方法。这些方法包括多点参与观察、半结构化访谈和主题分析。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。