Youth, "a luxury class?" Youth and political attitudes toward 2012

The topic of the present paper is Mexican youth´s political participation, taking into account several explicative variables, such as trust in political institutions, political efficacy, social capital, as well as international studies on youth and politics that treat the concepts of cohort effect o...

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Author: Corduneanu, Victoria Isabela
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Revista Mexicana de Opinión Pública
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/41350
Online Access:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmop/article/view/41350
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:youth
political attitudes
political participation
young people
apathy/disenchantment
political efficacy
trust in political institutions
jóvenes
actitudes políticas
participación política
juventud
apatía
eficacia política
confianza en las instituciones
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Summary:The topic of the present paper is Mexican youth´s political participation, taking into account several explicative variables, such as trust in political institutions, political efficacy, social capital, as well as international studies on youth and politics that treat the concepts of cohort effect or life cycle effect. The last part of the article presents a quantitative analysis of a survey realized in July of 2011.