Political Socialization II

Abstract

The sources of political attitudes are multiple. Political ideologies, partisanship, differing levels of participation, or radicalism, they all find deep roots in socializing processes and actors that range from family transmission, through school environment and reference groups’ influence to the short term effects of political campaigns among others. The proposed panel aims to contribute to disentangle the relationship between the process of acquiring a defined political identity and socialization experiences, and to understand the role of the several socializing agents that underlie political affinities. The panel Political Socialization II brings together graduate students who develop work on related topics. Four of the five paper proposals use survey data to explore different socializing factors in the construction of political attitudes and/or practices. Two papers will focus on the family, one of them regarding the transmission of party identities and the other regarding political practices. Two other papers will look at personal networks and schools, the former using Hungarian evidence and the last one analysing data from French schools. There fifth contribution is concerned with the socializing processes that were behind the Dutch referendum vote. They are inspired by close theoretical perspectives and quite similar methodologies, and they offer together a coherent view on some of the varied sociological causes of political attitudes and will raise a rich and fruitful discussion on the topic of political socialization. In the following it is offered a short overview of the contributions: Matthew Goodwin explores families and their importance for some political practices. Patricia Pesquera uses British data to test the effects of family on political transmission through different types of households. Oana Lup’s contribution analyses the influence of personal networks on political attitudes based on evidence from Hungarian citizens. Géraldine Bozec focuses on the relationship between French teachers and the identity building processes of French students in primary school. Christina Fuhr disentangles some the socializing processes and influences that lie at the core of the Dutch vote in the European Referendum.

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Whose influence matters? An analysis of the political relevance of personal networks in Hungary	View Paper Details
The Direct Contact Hypothesis and The Dutch Attitude towards Germany	View Paper Details
Identities and citizenship at school: which political community French primary education teachers seek to promote?	View Paper Details
Family Socialization: Family Structure and Party Identity	View Paper Details
Social networks and political preferences	View Paper Details