Factors Influencing the Decision of the Young Politically Engaged To Join a Political Party
Factors Influencing the Decision of the Young Politically Engaged To Join a Political Party
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影响青年从政青年入党决策的因素
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2008
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L. Young
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William P Cross;L. Young
本文立足于有关党员数量下降和年轻党员缺乏的文献，考虑了影响政治参与青年加入或不加入政党的因素。利用一个独特的数据集，我们研究了一大群政治上活跃的加拿大年轻人的态度和社会化，这一群体包括相当数量的党员和非党员。文章发现，人们对政党的态度存在显著差异，非党员对政党的总体民主表现、实现社会和政治变革的有效性以及基层党员影响政党决策的能力都持高度怀疑态度。我们还发现了重要的社会化效应，最显著的是年轻的党员比非党员的父母更有可能是党员。通过家庭成员入党似乎是年轻选民入党的主要途径。
Situated in the literature concerning the decline of party members, and the dearth of young party members, this article considers the factors that influence the decision of a politically engaged young person to join, or not join, a political party. Making use of a unique dataset, we examine the attitudes and socialization of a large group of politically active young Canadians, a group that includes a significant number of both party members and non-party members. The article finds significant attitudinal differences towards political parties, with non-members highly suspicious of parties in terms of their general democratic performance, their efficacy in achieving social and political change and in the ability of grassroots members to influence party decision-making. We also find important socialization effects, the most significant being that young party members are considerably more likely than non-members to have a parent who is a party member. Recruitment through family members appears to be a principal path to party membership for young voters.