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Youth's underrepresentation in the European Parliament: Insights from interviews with young Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
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Abstract Why do political parties elect so few young deputies? Given that the quantitative literature has at best only partially answered this question, we decided to conduct a qualitative investigation. Taking the European Parliament as a case for study, we examined this question through interview research ... mehr
Why do political parties elect so few young deputies? Given that the quantitative literature has at best only partially answered this question, we decided to conduct a qualitative investigation. Taking the European Parliament as a case for study, we examined this question through interview research with some of the young MEPs who served between 2014 and 2019. Our respondents, who answered various open-ended questions, suggest that the young are so few in number both because they lack contacts within the party and are seen as lacking experience. In addition, it appears that few parties have established pro-active measures to promote young candidates.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Jugendlicher; junger Erwachsener; politische Partizipation; Partei; Mitgliedschaft; Repräsentation; Europaparlament
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 4-8
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.5.1.730
ISSN
2190-6335
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)