Gendered political socialization in four contexts: political interest and values among junior high school students in China, Japan, Mexico, and the United States

Mayer, Jeremy D.; Schmidt, Heather

doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2004.04.024

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“…Political socialization is defined as processes through which individuals in a society shape their beliefs, attitudes, motivations, values, and patterns of behaviors that relate to the realm of political world with all its aspects and issues (e.g., Dawson, Prewitt, & Dawson, 1977;Greenberg, 1970Greenberg, , 2009Mayer & Schmidt, 2004). The political socialization of children and youth has been thoroughly researched, and it is almost universally agreed that pre-teenage and adolescents children are affected by different agents of political socialization such as parents, teachers, mass media, or friends (e.g., Banks & Roker, 1994;Greenstein, 2009;Hess, & Torney, 2005;Ichilov, 1988;Priest et al, 2014;Sweeney & Zandan, 1981).…”

Section: Political Socialization In An Intractable Conflictmentioning

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Young Children in Intractable Conflicts

Nasie

Diamond

Bar‐Tal

2016

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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The article examines the political socialization of young Jewish-Israeli children who live under the Israeli-Palestinian intractable conflict. It proposes arguments and presents empirical evidence to suggest that the way in which political socialization of young children happens in this context contributes to the development of conflict-supporting narratives of ethos of conflict and collective memory by the youngest generation. As a result, the conflict solidifies adherence to these narratives in adulthood, thereby serving as a major obstacle to the processes of peace-making and peace-building. Specifically, as evidence for showing how the political socialization works in Israel, a series of studies conducted in Israeli kindergartens and elementary schools are presented. These studies recount the contents acquired by young children, as well as contents delivered by teachers, related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This indicates the serious consequences of acquiring conflict-supporting narratives at an early age in societies involved in intractable conflict.

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Section: Political Socialization In An Intractable Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Young Children in Intractable Conflicts

Nasie

Diamond

Bar‐Tal

2016

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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“…Jaspers et al (2008) find that mothers are more successful in influencing their children's attitudes than fathers. Mayer and Schmidt (2004) notice that the mother is the only reliable predictor for political socialisation in Japan, which has been explained by the higher frequency of interaction between mothers and their children (Bao et al, 1999). Work by Zuckerman et al (2007) reveals that although women tend to be viewed as less politically involved, mothers stand at the centre of the household and matter more than fathers with regard to their offspring's partisanship in Britain and Germany.…”

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Young people, parents and radical right voting. The Case of the Swiss People’s Party

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Voorpostel

2010

Electoral Studies

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a b s t r a c tIt is commonly found that young people tend to adopt the political party choice of their parents. However, far less is known about the applicability of this theory when investigating radical right support. Using the Swiss Household panel data (1999e2007), this study empirically identifies the relationship between parents' preference for the Swiss radical right party SVP and their attitudes toward immigrants and the EU, and their offspring's preference for the SVP. Disaggregating fathers' and mothers' influence reveals that in particular, mothers' SVP support plays a role in SVP support among young people, even after controlling for educational similarities. We also demonstrate that girls are more likely to be influenced by their mothers than are boys. Furthermore, parents' negative attitudes toward the EU exert a positive influence on their children's radical right voting, independent of their voting pattern.

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“…Why then do women who are committed socially not increase their perception of having leader competences as do women engaged in politics? Maybe the answer lies in the intrinsic nature of these activities as well as the stereotyping that persists which implies that politics is a male-dominated sphere (Mayer & Schmidt, 2004) as are the leadership competences that follow. The gender role influences the perception of oneself, demonstrating that self-concepts tend to be gender-stereotypical (Cross & Madson, 1997;Spence & Buckner, 2000): fewer women than men perceive that they are competent to manage others and tend to build 'equal relationships' (see communal/feminine -versus agentic/male qualities: Eagly, 1987;Eagly & Karau, 2002).…”

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Public involvement in social and political participation processes: A gender perspective

Piccoli

Rollero

2009

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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One interesting perspective from which to investigate participation processes is that of gender (Angelique & Culley, 2007). The disparity between male and female participation is evident, in particular when dealing with politics. The research reported here examines any differences between men and women in three different groups: non-participants (N ¼ 201), social participants (N ¼ 167) and political participants (N ¼ 184). Two specific aspects were considered: (a) the perception of sociopolitical control, that is leadership competence and policy control, and (b) the perception of costs and benefits derived from participation. In focusing on such perceptions, if any difference could be evidenced, we aimed to investigate if this difference was determined by gender, by the type of participation or by the interaction of gender and participation. Data show that leadership competence and policy control were both influenced by the type of participation. An interaction effect of gender and type of commitment for policy control was observed and gender had a direct effect on leadership competence. These results suggest that the gender gap seems to be connected more to the context than to effective gender characteristics. Other data on the perception of costs and benefits are discussed.

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Gendered political socialization in four contexts: political interest and values among junior high school students in China, Japan, Mexico, and the United States

Cited by 46 publications

References 19 publications

Young Children in Intractable Conflicts

Young Children in Intractable Conflicts

Young people, parents and radical right voting. The Case of the Swiss People’s Party

Public involvement in social and political participation processes: A gender perspective

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