Generations and Politics : : A Panel Study of Young Adults and Their Parents / / Richard G. Niemi, M. Kent Jennings.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Jennings, M. Kent,; Niemi, Richard G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 68
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (442 p.)

Kent Jennings and Richard Nieini arc recognized widely for their 1965 study of the development of political attitudes and behavior among a large, nationally representative sample of high school seniors and their parents (The Political Character of Adolescence, Princeton). Now they present the results of a follow-up study of these same individuals in 1973 along with a fresh study of 1973 high school seniors. Spanning a dramatic eight-year historical period and an important transitional phase in the life cycle of the younger generation, this material provides a unique opportunity to assess the development of political attitudes and participation.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Study of Persistence and Change -- 2. Persistence at the Individual Level: Involvement, Resources, and Participation -- 3. Persistence at the Individual Level: Political Preferences and Attitudes -- 4. The Dynamics of Family Transmission -- 5. Continuity and Change at the Aggregate Level: Involvement, Resources, and Participation -- 6. Continuity and Change at the Aggregate Level: Political Preferences and Attitudes -- 7. The Identification of Generations: Cohort Versus Panel Change -- 8. The Prominence of Educational Stratification -- 9. Sex, Gender Roles, and the Challenge to Tradition -- 10. Race Comparisons in an Era of Change -- 11. Protest Behavior And Its Legacy -- 12. Conclusion: Interpretation of a Half-Empty Glass -- Appendix A. Data Sources -- Appendix Β. Description of Basic Measures and Their Distributions for Youths and Parents, 1965 and 1973 -- Index