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Political interest of adolescents before and after lowering the voting age: the case of Austria

Zeglovits, Eva, Zandonella, Martina·2013·Journal of Youth Studies

DOI 10.1080/13676261.2013.793785

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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).”
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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.”
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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
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2013.793785
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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