Running from office : why young Americans are turned off to politics

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Running from office : why young Americans are turned off to politics

Title remainder

why young Americans are turned off to politics

Statement of responsibility

Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox

Creator

• Lawless, Jennifer L., 1975-
• trueLawless, Jennifer L

Contributor

• Fox, Richard Logan

Subject

• truePolitical culture -- United States
• truePolitical obligation
• truePolitical participation -- United States
• trueProgressivism (United States politics)
• trueStudents -- Political activity -- United States
• trueUnited States -- Politics and government
• trueElections
• trueYoung adults -- Political activity -- United States
• trueYoung adults -- United States -- Attitudes
• Youth -- Political activity -- United States
• Youth -- United States -- Attitudes
• trueVoting
• High school students -- United States -- Attitudes

Language

eng

Summary

"Running from Office is the first analysis of young people's political ambition, based on a national poll of over 4000 high school and college students. It has been well-documented that political socialization begins early in life, but this will be the first consideration of the way that political socialization influences political ambition among youth. In it, the authors delve into how young people view political figures, what traits they see as necessary for political success, and how they view their own suitability to run for office. Lawless and Fox also consider how the attitudes of older generations condition young people's political ambition, as well as how ambition varies according to factors including gender, race, religion, geographic region and income (finding that gender is the only significant factor). In addition to their own research, they leverage public opinion data about young people's attitudes toward government, trust in politicians and political institutions, and patterns of civic engagement to demonstrate declines over time. But their message does not end with hand-wringing - importantly the authors provide suggestions based on their own survey data and evidence that can be used to generate heightened levels of political ambition among today's young people, including better governance, civic education, voluntary community and national service programs, and political and media campaigns geared to mobilize young people"--

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Provided by publisher

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DLC

Dewey number

320.408350973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography