Constitutional values & political trust: foundations for student democratic participation

Ilišin, Vlasta and Baketa, Nikola (2024) Constitutional values & political trust: foundations for student democratic participation. Citizenship, social and economics education, 23 (2). pp. 70-86. ISSN 1478-8047 (Print), 2047-1734 (Online)

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/14788047231204617

Abstract

IN ENGLISH: The paper is based on the concept of political culture, which is particularly important for the maintenance and functioning of a democratic political system and is closely linked with the politicl literacy of young people. In this paper research focus is on the two dimensions of political culture – political values and trust. Specifically, the main research question is: what are the determinants of accepting constitutional values and the trust in political institutions of final year secondary school pupils? The paper use the data provided by research on political literacy of final year secondary school pupils. In order to provide answer to the research question the hierarchical multiple regression is used. In the first step, particular socio-demographic variables (sex, education of mother and education of father) were introduced. In the second step, the type of secondary school education was added. The third group of predictors encompassed the level of religiosity, generalized prejudices and authoritarianism. In the final step political knowledge was included. The introduced model provides certain explanation regarding constitutional values, but fails to explain distrust in political institutions. The phenomenon of low trust in political institutions is discussed in paper. --------------- IN CROATIAN: Rad se temelji na konceptu političke kulture, koji je posebno važan za održavanje i funkcioniranje demokratskog političkog sustava i čvrsto je povezan s političkom pismenošću mladih. U ovom radu istraživanje je usmjereno na dvije dimenzije političke kulture - političke vrijednosti i povjerenje. Glavno istraživačko pitanje je: koje su odrednice prihvaćanja ustavnih vrijednosti i povjerenja u političke institucije učenika završnih razreda srednjih škola? Rad koristi podatke dobivene istraživanjem političke pismenosti učenika završnih razreda srednjih škola. Kako bi se pružio odgovor na istraživačko pitanje, koristi se višestruka hijerarhijska regresija. U prvom koraku uvedene su određene socio-demografske varijable (spol, obrazovanje majke i obrazovanje oca). U drugom koraku dodan je tip obrazovanja u srednjoj školi. Treća skupina prediktora obuhvaćala je razinu religioznosti, generalizirane predrasude i autoritarizam. U konačnom koraku uključeno je političko znanje. Primijenjeni model djelomice objašnjava prihvaćanje ustavnih vrijednosti, ali ne uspijeva objasniti nepovjerenje u političke institucije. U radu se dodatno razmatra fenomen niskog povjerenja u političke institucije.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Language: English. - Title in Croatian: Ustavne vrijednosti i političko povjerenje: temelji za demokratsku participaciju učenika.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Participation, Croatia, trust, institutions, education, values (participacija, Hrvatska, povjerenje, institucije, obrazovanje, vrijednosti)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
L Education > L Education (General)
Depositing User: Karolina
Date Deposited: 03 Oct 2023 17:46
Last Modified: 06 Sep 2024 12:15
URI: http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/1102

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