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What's going around? A social network explanation of youth party membership
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Abstract Because people do not join political parties in a social vacuum but rather in close relation with their peers, this paper explores how the structure and composition of interpersonal, social networks affect youth party membership, and questions the answer's implications for recruitment. The structure... mehr
Because people do not join political parties in a social vacuum but rather in close relation with their peers, this paper explores how the structure and composition of interpersonal, social networks affect youth party membership, and questions the answer's implications for recruitment. The structure does not affect statistically the young citizens' probability of becoming party members, as the process depends to a high degree on their proximate network core, e.g. their relatives, pointing towards a certain exclusivity in recruitment patterns and giving insight also on why they might stay away from conventional politics. A homogeneous composition matching with a high social and political profile is a pattern that has a considerable impact on their odds of joining a party, stressing that social networks can work in reproducing social and political inequalities, confining recruitment targets to the national population's most "usual suspects", and thereby explaining some difficulties faced by party organisations. Drawing on these findings, the conclusion discusses strategic considerations for Belgian parties.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Jugendlicher; junger Erwachsener; Partei; Mitgliedschaft; politische Partizipation; politisches Interesse; politisches Verhalten; soziale Beziehungen; Peer Group; soziales Netzwerk; politische Sozialisation; Belgien
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 9-24
Zeitschriftentitel
Intergenerational Justice Review, 5 (2019) 1
Heftthema
How attractive are political parties and trade unions to young people? (II)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24357/igjr.5.1.731
ISSN
2190-6335
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)