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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Political disengagement"”.
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A downward spiral: Young people, the media, and political disengagement
This study examines whether political disengagement is related to the amount and/or type of television that young people watch. The study was conducted through survey research at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with over one hundred undergraduate participants. It demonstrates that there is no …
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Political Disengagement and Spaces of Neglect in the Current Political System
… or declining voter turnout highlight spaces of disengagement from formal political processes and are a legitimate cause for concern. Political disengagement has the potential to create spaces of inequality in terms of the level of political representation a given area or group in society …
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Bringing Zombies Back to Life: An Autoethnographical Exploration of Alienation and Political Dis/Engagement in Emerging Adulthood Within Late-Stage Capitalism
… why certain understandings, or assemblages, of political engagement come to have greater meaning in my life and why other assemblages may be more hidden and thus fail to contribute substantially to the meaning of political in my life. Using immanent, Marxist and post-Marxist theories, as well as …
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JAZZ’S HIDDEN TRANSCRIPTS: BETWEEN CALIBAN AND COLTRANE CRITICAL IMPROVISATIONAL PEDAGOGY AS PRAGMATIC POLITICS
This project addresses problems of political disengagement, social exclusion, multi-generational poverty, and social injustice in communities left behind by an incomplete democracy, now in acute crisis. Using jazz improvisation as a metaphor for Dewey’s ideals for a thriving and creative American …
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Fabulous Khoisan:the politics of apoliticality in the indigenous Khoisan revivalism movement in South Africa; an exploration of sincerity,stickiness and fabulation in the emergence of a missing people
… navigate intersections of cultural sincerity, political disengagement, and social justice. The work highlights the emergence of a resilient and marginalised “missing people.” whose identities are continuously shaped through historical struggles and contemporary aspirations. Rejecting …
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Incorporating Youth into the Political Arena: Elite Structures, Elite-youth Linkages, and Youth (De-) mobilization in post-1960 Turkey (1960-2016)
… Global South have paid scant attention to the political role of youth and elite attempts at incorporating young people into the political and economic structures. This study undertakes a comparative-historical analysis of political elite-youth linkages to explain the trajectory of youth …
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Minding the Mundane: The Critique of Political Participation from Epicurus to Montaigne
… both today and in the history of European political thought. I call this the mundane perspective and locate it particularly in Epicurus and his ancient followers, as well as (in modified form) in early modern European theorists influenced by Epicureanism. The mundane perspective is a way of …
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International migration, electoral strategies and home country elections
How does international migration affect political parties' electoral strategies in the migrant sending countries? And what is the effect of these electoral strategies on migrant and non-migrant families' electoral choices? These are the two research questions that motivate this project. This …