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Educational Expansion and Interest in Politics in temporal and cross-cultural perspective: A comparison of West Germany and Switzerland
Hadjar, Andreas; Schlapbach, Florian
2008In European Sociological Review, 25 (3), p. 271-286
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Keywords :
Educational Expansion; Political Interest
Abstract :
[en] Interest in politics is a prerequisite for political participation and political engagement. The promotion of political engagement and the education of citizens to become politically mature were basic concerns of educational reforms in the 1960s. This article examines whether educational expansion since then has had an impact on citizens’ political interest. The effects of education, age, period, and cohort on political interest are analysed simultaneously. A cross-cultural perspective is included by comparing these effects in Switzerland, a direct democracy that provides its people with extensive opportunities to participate, and West Germany, a representative democracy with less such opportunities. The data base consists of cumulated data sets (ALLBUS, UNIVOX). Results show that there is a robust effect of education: the more educated are more politically interested. The younger generation is not, as is often suggested, more distant from politics. Taking into account their higher educational level, these younger cohorts show the same level of political interest as the older cohorts did at the same age.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Education & instruction
Identifiers :
UNILU:UL-ARTICLE-2010-644
Author, co-author :
Hadjar, Andreas  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Languages, Culture, Media and Identities (LCMI)
Schlapbach, Florian;  University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Language :
English
Title :
Educational Expansion and Interest in Politics in temporal and cross-cultural perspective: A comparison of West Germany and Switzerland
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
European Sociological Review
ISSN :
1468-2672
Publisher :
Oxford University Press
Volume :
25
Issue :
3
Pages :
271-286
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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