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This chapter analyses the effects of the current economic crisis on the political attitudes and behaviors of the Spanish youth. Given the well-known fact that young people are more sensitive to societal transformations due to their more... more
This chapter analyses the effects of the current economic crisis on the political attitudes and behaviors of the Spanish youth. Given the well-known fact that young people are more sensitive to societal transformations due to their more limited life experiences, and the dramatic increase of youth unemployment, we expect young people to echo the crisis to a greater extent than the rest of society. The direction of these changes is found to be twofold: on the one hand, a cohort of more sophisticated and critical citizens is appearing amongst those that are between 26 and 35 years old and, on the other, extreme economic hardship results in deeper frustration and apathy towards the political system, especially amongst the younger unemployed in the 18 to 25 years old group.
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Page 1. Educación cívica: Estado de la cuestión y propuesta para el análisis del caso español* Gema García Albacete e Irene Martín Cortés Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ...
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This paper focuses on the analysis of political disaffection. After discussing and defining this notion, the article shows that disaffection affects more widely, though not exclusively, third-wave democracies. The close link between... more
This paper focuses on the analysis of political disaffection. After discussing and defining this notion, the article shows that disaffection affects more widely, though not exclusively, third-wave democracies. The close link between levels of disaffection and the history of democratization in each country explains its higher incidence among new democracies. For this very reason, political disaffection could also run high among more established democracies. However, regardless of its incidence in each particular country, political disaffection reveals a distinctive nature in new democracies because of the absence of a democratic past in many of these cases. Thus, disaffection constitutes a key element to explain the lower propensity of citizens of new democracies to participate in every dimension of political activity.