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Political interest of adolescents before and after lowering the voting age: the case of Austria
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Young people are said to be uninterested in politics. This lack of political interest among adolescents has been used as an argument against lowering the voting age. But why should someone be interested in politics if he or she is not eligible to vote? In this paper, we examine the differences in political interest of 16- and 17-year-old Austrians before and after lowering the voting age to 16, using cross-sectional survey data. Doing so, we capture a broad concept of political interest, including situational and individual interest. We observe that political interest of 16- and 17-year-olds was higher after lowering the voting age. In addition, the patterns concerning the determinants of political interest changed as well: study findings indicate that parents were of utmost importance in influencing political interest of young people who were not yet enfranchised. The impact of schools on political interest among young people emerged after the voting age had been lowered. In the specific societal and situational context of Austria, the development of political interest among young people seems to be associated with the ‘life event’ of enfranchisement.
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“In relation to voting at 16, positive effects discussed above are more likely to materialise when civic education is extensive, as could be seen in Scotland (Kenealy et al., 2017) and Austria (Schwarzer and Zeglovits, 2013;Zeglovits and Zandonella, 2013).”
From Lowering the Voting Age to 16 in Practice: Processes and Outcomes Compared (2021) · cites this paper as Zeglovits and Zandonella, 2013
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“Furthermore, an increase in the overall political interest in the age group could also be observed (Zeglovits and Zandonella, 2013).”
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“In line with the idea that early enfranchisement itself can constitute a mobilising 'life event' (Zeglovits and Zandonella, 2013), some participants viewed the introduction of 'Votes-at-16' in Scotland as somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
From How Young People in Scotland Experience the Right to Vote at 16: Evidence on ‘Votes-at-16’ in Scotland from Qualitative Work with Young People (2021) · cites this paper as Zeglovits and Zandonella, 2013
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“Others argue that the experience of voting age reform and even just the act of enfranchisement itself can constitute a 'life event' (Zeglovits and Zandonella, 2013) or 'hype' (Bhatti et al., 2016) big enough to shape young people's engagement in elections.”
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“In the context of voting age reform in Austria, newly enfranchised 16- and 17-year-olds were found to develop higher level of interest in politics than their non-enfranchised peers (Zeglovits and Zandonella, 2013) and they perceived a greater sense of efficacy with regard to their ability to affect political change (Schwarzer and Zeglovits, 2013).”
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- Authors
- Zeglovits, E., & Zandonella, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Vienna (AT)
- SORA Institute for Social Research and Consulting, Vienna, Austria
- Corresponding author
- Zeglovits, Eva
- Venue
- Journal of Youth Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-05-24
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1084-1104
- ISSN
- 1367-6261 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-9680
- OpenAlex
- W2076651475
- Cited by
- 65
- References
- 3
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- FWCI
- 11.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Youth Studies (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Austrian Science Fund
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Youth, Politics, and Society
- Social Sciences › Education › Citizenship Education and Democracy
- Keywords
- political interest, adolescents, voting age lowering, 16-year-olds, youth political participation, parental influence, school influence, enfranchisement, life events, Austria
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