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Youth Attitudes and Beliefs
This series of research products address youth attitudes and beliefs towards various aspects of community and political participation.
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Critical Consciousness Motivates Voting Among Poor and Working Class Youth
Matthew A. Diemer and Cheng-Hsien Li of Michigan State University have completed a new study, forthcoming in Child Development, that finds low-income youth are more apt to vote if they are engaged in political activism and influenced by friends and family. The research was funded by the National Academy of Education and a Spencer Foundation Read More >
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FEATURED: Youth Attitudes Toward Civility in Politics
In a recent report entitled, Nastiness, Name-calling & Negativity: The Allegheny College Survey of Civility and Compromise in American Politics, the authors found that average citizens are upset about incivility, although they differ by ideology, gender, and media use. “CIRCLE Working Paper #71″ focuses on the newest generation of voters,
The Millennial Pendulum
February 18, 2009 CIRCLE Director Peter Levine, along with Constance Flanagan and Les Gallay of Penn State University, authored a new report “The Millennial Pendulum: A New Generation of Voters and the Prospects for a Political Realignment.” The report was funded by the New American Foundation and was officially announced at an event on February Read More >
CIRCLE Releases New Working Paper on How Adolescents Develop Trust
by Connie Flanagan and Leslie Gallay September 2008 CIRCLE releases a new working paper (#61) “Adolescent Development of Trust.”Below is a summary of the paper. Click here to download the report. Report Summary: Trust is often found to correlate with civic engagement. While there is a general belief that the foundations for trust develop prior Read More >
Around the CIRCLE- WINTER 2008 V.5 I.2
Download the latest edition of CIRCLE’s quarterly publication (v5.i2), Around the CIRCLE, from here. This issue includes the following articles: Articles: From the Director’s Desk: CIRCLE is Moving to Tufts University “Millennials Talk Politics: A Study of College Student Political Engagement” CIRCLE Fact Sheets CIRCLE in the News Countdown 2008: Over Three Million Young Voters Read More >
