Youth Perceptions of Voting Participation in the Midst of Catalonia's Active Struggle for Independence

Autor/inn/en	Wilson-Daily, Ann E.; Kemmelmeier, Markus
Titel	Youth Perceptions of Voting Participation in the Midst of Catalonia's Active Struggle for Independence
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 53 (2021) 1, S.76-103 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wilson-Daily, Ann E.) ORCID (Kemmelmeier, Markus)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X19840965
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Voting; Citizen Participation; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Social Studies; Political Issues; Predictor Variables; Political Attitudes; Identification (Psychology); Educational Environment; Ethnicity; Socioeconomic Status; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Abstimmung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Gemeinschaftskunde; Politischer Faktor; Prädiktor; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Ethnizität; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Spanien
Abstract	Focusing on youth attitudes during a time of political upheaval in Catalonia, we study 1,438 high school students, aged 15 to 16, nested within 30 high schools. Using multilevel analyses, we examine their perceptions of the importance of voting across different election types (independence referendum, local, subnational, national, supernational) and intent to vote regularly upon turning 18. Results show a matching effect of perceived voting importance with levels of municipal, Catalan, Spanish, and European identification. Notably, voting importance across different elections also relates to the extent students perceived their social studies teacher as open to debate and the expression of student opinions within the classroom. This study also highlights differences between the importance that students place on voting in a possible independence referendum compared with conventional elections. For example, socioeconomic status and political dialogue with parents are not associated with perceived voting importance concerning the referendum but are with other election types. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01