Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54172 
Kompletter Metadatensatz
DublinCore-FeldWertSprache
dc.contributor.authorResnick, Danielleen
dc.contributor.authorCasale, Danielaen
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-30-
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-15T13:20:10Z-
dc.date.available2011-12-15T13:20:10Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9230-423-2en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/54172-
dc.description.abstractThe youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilization in Africa. Today, as the region faces a growing 'youth bulge' that is disproportionately burdened by un- and underemployment, capturing the votes of this demographic is becoming more important than ever before. Yet, despite their numerical importance and the historical relevance of generational identities within the region, very little is really known about the political participation of Africa's youth. In order to address this issue, we combine country-level variables for 19 of Africa's most democratic countries with individual-level public opinion data from Afrobarometer survey data. A series of binomial and multinomial logit models are estimated on three key outcome variables: voter turnout in last elections, closeness to political party; and participation in protests. In comparison with older citizens, we find that Africa's youth tend to vote less and express a lower level of partisanship, which is consistent with findings for the youth in other regions of the world. However, Africa's youth are not more likely to protest than older citizens. Collectively, these findings cast doubt that the youth are more likely to turn to the street when they are disgruntled but question the legitimacy of the electoral process as a meaningful conduit for conveying the preferences of Africa's youth.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Working Paper |x2011/56en
dc.subject.jelD72en
dc.subject.jelJ13en
dc.subject.jelN47en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordAfricaen
dc.subject.keyworddemocracyen
dc.subject.keywordelectionsen
dc.subject.keywordprotestsen
dc.subject.keywordvotingen
dc.subject.keywordyouthen
dc.titleThe political participation of Africa's youth: Turnout, partisanship, and protest-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn669169668en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
203.7 kB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.