Comparing Youth Opinions toward Compulsory Voting across Five Countries

Autor/in	Pesek, Jessamay T.
Titel	Comparing Youth Opinions toward Compulsory Voting across Five Countries
Quelle	In: Journal of International Social Studies, 4 (2014) 1, S.60-80 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2327-3585
Schlagwörter	Voting; Compliance (Legal); Case Studies; Democratic Values; Comparative Education; Youth; Opinions; Political Socialization; Perspective Taking; Context Effect; Attribution Theory; Elections; Questionnaires; Political Attitudes; Citizenship Responsibility; Civil Rights; Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; United States; Peru; Mexico; Ecuador; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abstimmung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Lehrmeinung; Politische Sozialisation; Zukunftsperspektive; Election; Wahl; Fragebogen; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; USA; Mexiko; Kolumbien
Abstract	This study uses a comparative case study design to examine youth (ages 13-20) opinions toward compulsory voting across five democratic countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and the United States. Youth responses toward compulsory voting demonstrate how youth come to learn about citizen rights and responsibilities with varied understandings of what it means to participate in a democracy. Four themes represent the most notable variations of reasons given by youth to support and oppose compulsory voting: rights and duties, corruption, inclusion of minorities, and strong democracy. Further, the majority of students gave at least one reason for and against compulsory voting demonstrating students' ability of perspective-taking, to give reasons for the perspective with which they disagree. This study provides an analysis of how youth political opinions are constructed and negotiated by social and political influences. The findings have implications for educational researchers and social studies teachers as they work to improve civic education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01