Hooked : how politics captures people's interest / Markus Prior.

Political interest is the strongest predictor of 'good citizenship', yet hardly anything is known about it. For the first time in over three decades, here is a study explaining what political interest is, where it comes from, and why it matters. Providing the most thorough description avai...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Prior, Markus, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why political interest matters and how to understand its origins
  • The psychology of political interest
  • Measuring political interest
  • The impact of elections
  • 60 years of political interest
  • Political interest over the life course: the population average
  • Stability and variation in political interest
  • Differences in age trajectories
  • The big benefits of panel data analysis
  • Education
  • Parents
  • Money, health, and happiness
  • Encounters with politics
  • The impact of political attitudes and identities
  • Conclusion.