Family socialisation processes in the development of political attitudes over the life course

生命历程中政治态度发展的家庭社会化过程

• 批准号: 1928302
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1928302
• 关键词: Family; socialisation; processes; development; political

Maintaining and developing a shared political culture with shared values and beliefs is important to the maintenance of a democratic society. Previous research has noted the substantive importance of the family in the development of individual political attitudes over the life course. Processes of political socialisation from parents to child, and the relationship between institutions and changing family structures have been a growing research interest in the past twenty years, but Sapiro (2007) has indicated there is reason for renewed interest in the transmission of political values and attitudes given the dramatic change to some countries who are transitioning to democracies in the wake of dictatorships. And not only in terms of consolidating democracies, but as we witness the rise in authoritarian values and the deconsolidation of democracies, it is important to understand how these attitudes emerge.The research problemAdopting research by Urbatsch (2014) we can ascertain that there are four central theoretical mechanisms through which socialisation may work: direct influence; social network effects; self-interest; and personal experience (p. 71). Naturally, these mechanisms act as generalisations, however, they provide a foundation in which to discuss the development of political attitudes in relation to the life course and socialisation processes.It is the aim of this research to examine these mechanisms further by adopting a life course approach, accounting for age, cohort and period effects at the macro level and life cycle events and aging at the individual level. In particular, the research will focus on the family as a stage in the life course and an agent of socialisation and addressthe assumptions of political socialisation, spousal influence, and parenthood.MethodsI will utilise longitudinal data such as the British Household Panel Survey, Understanding Society, and British Election Study panel data in examining the development of political attitudes over the life course in relation to the family. The BHPS was used in one of the landmark comparative socialisation studies focused on how the process of family socialisation limits partisan choices (Zuckerman, Dasovic and Fitzgerald 2007). Moreover, I intend to strengthen my analysis by examining repeated cross-sectional data such as the European Social Survey, which also allows for cross-country analysis.In terms of advanced statistical techniques, I hope to use models that allow the examination of individual level change over the life course, specifically multi-level models of change and sequence analysis. It is my expectation that through utilizing research and training support grants - such as spending times overseas at different institution, I will be able to develop my statistical practices further, providing a unique insight into the mechanisms of family influence on political attitudes. Current considerations for an overseas institutional visit would be a trip to the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS) which have the largest repository of longitudinal data in Europe (outside of the UK), but also excellent computational social science departments to develop my advanced statistical skills further.

维持和发展具有共同价值观和信仰的共同政治文化，对维持民主社会十分重要。以前的研究指出，家庭在个人一生中形成政治态度方面具有实质性的重要性。从父母到孩子的政治社会化过程，以及制度与不断变化的家庭结构之间的关系，在过去的二十年里一直是一个越来越大的研究兴趣，但Sapiro（2007）指出，鉴于一些国家在过渡到民主国家后发生的巨大变化，有理由重新对政治价值观和态度的传播产生兴趣。不仅在巩固民主方面，而且在我们目睹独裁价值观的兴起和民主的解体时，理解这些态度是如何出现的也很重要。研究问题采用Urbatsch（2014）的研究，我们可以确定社会化可能通过四种核心理论机制发挥作用：直接影响;社会网络效应;自我利益;个人经历（p.71）当然，这些机制作为概括，但是，他们提供了一个基础，在其中讨论发展的政治态度的关系到生命历程和社会化processes.It的目的是本研究进一步研究这些机制，采用生命历程的方法，占年龄，队列和时期的影响，在宏观层面和生命周期事件和老龄化在个人层面。特别是，该研究将集中在家庭作为一个阶段的生活过程和社会化的代理人和addressthe政治社会化，配偶的影响力，和parenthood.MethodsI的假设将利用纵向数据，如英国家庭小组调查，了解社会，英国选举研究小组的数据，在研究的发展过程中的政治态度在生活中的家庭。BHPS被用于一项具有里程碑意义的比较社会化研究，重点是家庭社会化过程如何限制党派选择（Zuckerman，Dasovic和Fitzgerald 2007）。此外，为了加强分析，还准备使用欧洲社会调查等可以进行跨国家分析的重复性截面数据。在先进的统计技术方面，希望使用能够考察生命过程中个体水平变化的模型，特别是多水平变化模型和序列分析。我期望通过利用研究和培训资助赠款-例如在不同的机构度过海外时光，我将能够进一步发展我的统计实践，为家庭对政治态度的影响机制提供独特的见解。目前考虑的海外机构访问将前往莱布尼茨社会科学研究所（GESIS），该研究所拥有欧洲（英国以外）最大的纵向数据库，而且还有优秀的计算社会科学部门，以进一步发展我的先进统计技能。