Perspectives on Political Awareness [electronic resource] : Conceptual, Theoretical and Methodological Issues / edited by Niels Nørgaard Kristensen, Thomas Denk, Maria Olson, Trond Solhaug.

9783030903947

1st ed. 2022.

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.

1 online resource (VIII, 132 p.) 12 illus., 10 illus. in color.

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This interdisciplinary volume presents a comprehensive framework to understand political awareness. Political awareness has become an important part of research on political attitudes and political behavior since the publication of John Zaller's work on political opinion. The authors elaborate on his theory and present a new conceptualization, which stipulates that political awareness is the attentiveness, knowledge, and understanding of politics. Hence, the book discusses different aspects, such as the concept of political awareness, its formation, significance, measurement, and exploration. The result is a new framework that addresses conceptual, theoretical, and methodological questions, such as: What does the concept mean? How to study political awareness? How is it connected to other orientations? How do children and youth develop political awareness? Addressing researchers and graduate students, as well as scholars in political science, sociology, and education, this book is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of political awareness. .

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January 27, 2022