Democratic Development?

Democratic Development?

How much are young people interested in politics? Are they ready for political participation? What do they think about democracy, ingeneral as well as about the onethey experience? How do their attitudes develop and to what extent are their views influenced by their parents?

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Dr. Hilke Rebenstorf, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Hildesheim.

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Inhaltsangabe

- Characteristics of German Society - the Context in which Youth are Brought Up
- Characteristics of Israeli Society: The Context Youth is Brought Up
- Characteristics of Palestinian Society: Youth and Their Context
- Political Interest
- Its Meaning and General Development
- Gender Differences in Political Interest Among Adolescents from Brandenburg
- The Persistence of Vision: Interest of Israeli Youth in Social and Political Issues
- Gender Differences in Political Interest Among Palestinian Youngsters in the West Bank
- Political Participation
- Its Meaning and General Development
- Political Participation of Adolescents in Brandenburg: The Significance of the Family Context
- "The Apple Does not Fall Far from the Tree": Parents and Children's Support for Violent Political Activities in Israel
- Political Participation of Adolescents in the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories: The Significance of the Familiy Context
- Attitudes Toward Democracy and the Political Community
- Their Meaning and General Development
- Parents, Adolescence, and Attitudes Toward Democracy
- The River and the Stream
- The Democratic Idea in Israel
- Palestinian Democracy: Attitudes of Parents and Adolescents