Gvozdanović, Anja (2010) Some indicators of political culture of university students in Croatia. Sociologija i prostor, 48 (3). pp. 461-477. ISSN 1846-5226 (Print), 1849-0387 (Online)
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Abstract
This paper describes political culture of university students by using empirical data from quantitative research conducted in 2004. The research was part of a scientific-research project Youth and European Integration Processes, Institute for Social Research in Zagreb. The basic sample (N=2000) consisted of high-school students, employed, unemployed and university students. The subsample of university students (N=446) and a control group (N=532) were extracted from the basic sample of youth representatives. The control group comprised high school students, employed and unemployed young people. The political culture of university students is described using the indicators of political culture that were derived from Almond and Verba’s theoretical framework: interest in formal politics, support for democratic values and attitudes and trust in institutions. The analysis indicates that university students, compared to other youth (high school students, employed and unemployed), have more interest in politics, their acceptance of democratic values and attitudes is higher, but they lack trust in institutions. These findings indicate that the political culture of university students in Croatia, compared to that of other youth, has greater potential to contribute to democratic processes. (IN CROATIAN: Rad se bavi političkom kulturom studenata. Analizirani su empirijski podaci dobiveni u kvantitativnom istraživanju provedenom 2004. godine u sklopu znanstveno-istraživačkog projekta Mladi i europski integracijski procesi Instituta za društvena istraživanja. Studenti (N=446) su izdvojeni iz osnovnog uzorka mladih (N=2000) te su uspoređeni sa slučajno izdvojenom kontrolnom grupom mladih (N=532). Kontrolna grupa mladih sastoji se od srednjoškolaca, zaposlenih te nezaposlenih. Politička kultura studenata opisana je indikatorima izvedenima iz teorijskog okvira Almoda i Verbe: interes za formalnu politiku, potpora demokratskim vrijednostima i stavovima te razina povjerenja u institucije. Analizom je utvrđeno da studenti, u odnosu na ostale kategorije mladih, pokazuju veći interes za politiku, u većoj mjeri prihvaćaju demokratske vrijednosti i stavove, no nedostaje im povjerenja u institucije. Ovi nalazi indiciraju da politička kultura studenata u odnosu na onu ostalih mladih ljudi, ima veći potencijal za doprinos demokratskim procesima.)
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Language: English. Title in Croatian: Neki indikatori političke kulture hrvatskih studenata. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Political culture, university students, youth, trust, democratic values, democratic attitudes (politička kultura, studenti, mladi, povjerenje, demokratske vrijednosti, demokratski stavovi) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Depositing User: | Karolina Vranješ |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2015 14:22 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2015 12:22 |
| URI: | http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/59 |
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