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Attachment to community and civic and political engagement: a case study of students

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dc.contributor.authorBoulianne, Shelley
dc.contributor.authorBrailey, Michelle
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-21
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-28T00:36:24Z
dc.date.available2022-05-28T00:36:24Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractYouth’s low level of civic and political engagement may detrimentally affect the health of communities and the democratic system. This paper examines the role of community attachment in explaining youth’s levels of civic and political engagement. This examination requires an evaluation of existing measures of community attachment and their relevance for understanding youth’s experiences. The paper uses a student sample, highlighting a group of youth who have a degree of variation in their experiences of community attachment. We find that subjective measures of community attachment are related to volunteering and voting, but the objective measure of community attachment, i.e., years of residence, affects voting and not volunteering. Different mechanisms explain civic engagement versus political engagement. As such, different strategies are required to combat low levels of civic versus political engagement.
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dc.identifier.citationBoulianne, Shelley, and Michelle Brailey. 2014. "Attachment to Community and Civic and Political Engagement: A Case Study of Students." Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne de Sociologie 51(4): 375-388. doi: 10.1111/cars.12052.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12052
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/623
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectpolitical engagement
dc.subjectcivic engagement
dc.subjectcommunity attachment
dc.subjectyouth
dc.titleAttachment to community and civic and political engagement: a case study of studentsen
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