Youth without representation : : the absence of young adults in parliaments, cabinets, and candidacies / / Daniel Stockemer and Aksel Sundström
Officeholders in contemporary parliaments and cabinets are more likely than not to be male, wealthy, middle-aged or older, and from the dominant ethnicity, whereas young adults have an insufficient presence in political office. Young adults--those aged 35 years or under--comprise a mere ten percent...
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Place / Publishing House: | Ann Arbor, Michigan : : University of Michigan Press,, 2022. ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource xiii, 180 pages) :; illustrations (some color), color maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Why We Need Increased Youth Representation
- 2.1. Youth: An Important Group of Study
- 2.2. The Importance of Group Representation for Youth
- 2.3. Benefits and Costs of Increased Descriptive Representation of Youth
- 2.4. The Vicious Cycle of Political Alienation
- 2.5. The Threefold Link between Young Adults' Low Political Interest and Knowledge, Their Low Electoral Participation, and Their Lack of Representation in Office
- 2.6. The Endemic Nature of the Vicious Cycle of Youths' Political Alienation
- 2.7. Increased Youth Representation: One Way to Break the Vicious Cycle of Youth Alienation
- 2.8. The Youth Representation Literature and Our Contribution
- Chapter 3. Youths' Underrepresentation in National Parliaments
- 3.1. The Magnitude of Youths' Underrepresentation in Parliament
- 3.2. Youth Representation in Legislatures over Time in Australia, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom
- 3.3. Explanatory Factors for the Variation in Youth Representation across Countries
- 3.4. Research Design
- 3.5. Results
- 3.6. Discussion
- Chapter 4. Youth Representation across Party Delegations in Parliament
- 4.1. Youths' (under) Representation across Party Delegations
- 4.2. Young Adults in Australian, German, French, and British Party Delegations over Time
- 4.3. Explanatory Factors for the Variation in Youth Representation across Parties
- 4.4. Research Design
- 4.5. Results
- 4.6. Discussion
- Chapter 5. Young Politicians in Cabinet
- 5.1. The Magnitude of Youths' Underrepresentation in Cabinet
- 5.2. Youth Representation in Cabinet over Time in Australia, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom
- 5.3. Explanatory Factors for the Variation in Youth Representation in Cabinet across Countries.
- 5.4. Research Design
- 5.5. Results
- 5.6. Cabinet Portfolios of Young Ministers
- 5.7. Discussion
- Chapter 6. Youth as Candidates and Elected Representatives
- 6.1. Comparing Candidates and Elected Representatives
- 6.2. The Average and Median Age of (Unsuccessful) Candidates and Elected Parliamentarians
- 6.3. The Share of Young (Unsuccessful) Candidates and Legislators
- 6.4. The Age Factor in Explaining the Success of Candidates
- 6.5. Characteristics of Young and Older Candidates
- 6.6. Electoral Capital of Young(er) and Old(er) Successful Candidates
- 6.7. Discussion
- Chapter 7. Explaining (More) Variation in Youth Representation: Insights from an Original Survey in Sweden and Switzerland
- 7.1. Added Value of an Original Survey with MPs and Candidates in Sweden and Switzerland
- 7.2. Methods
- 7.3. Quantitative and Qualitative Insights of Our Survey
- 7.4. Youth in the Swedish Riksdag: Some Positive Signs but Still a Long Way to Full Acceptance
- 7.5. Youth in the Swiss National Council: Still the Exception Rather Than the Rule
- 7.6. Propositions to Increase Youth Representation
- Chapter 8. Conclusions
- References
- Index.