Trust and political information : attitudinal change in participants in the Youth Parliament in Brazil
Artigo
Trust and political information : attitudinal change in participants in the Youth Parliament in Brazil
Fuks, Mario | Casalecchi, Gabriel Avila | 2012
Abstract
It analyzes the impact of socializing experiences on the political attitudes of youngsters. More specifically, our goal is to evaluate the impact of the Youth Parliament program on youngsters confidence levels in the Minas Gerais State Assembly (MGSA). The analysis focuses on the cognitive foundations of attitudes and results show a substantial increase in confidence levels in MGSA, an increase associated with the acquisition of information on the institution. It is asserted that the increase in confidence in MGSA represents and attitudinal gain. The study design involves quasi-experimental research on a non-random sample. We conducted two rounds of interviews in 2008, prior and subsequent to the program, with 335 participants (167 in the treatment group; and 168 in the control group).
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Política; Educação; Comportamento político; Regime político; Democracia
Referência
FUKS, Mario; CASALECCHI, Gabriel Avila. Trust and political information: attitudinal change in participants in the Youth Parliament in Brazil. Brazilian Political Science Review, São Paulo, v. 6, n. 1, p. 70-89, 2012.
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