The Differential Political Socialization of English Secondary School Students

Bibliographic Data

ID2544359
AuthorsPaul R Abramson (0000-0002-7940-3691, corresponding author), Paul Abramson
Year1967
Volume40
Issue3
Pages246
Publication date1967-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2112078
OpenAlexW2324578331
LanguageEN
Citations received7

English secondary education involves early selection of children into academic and non-academic type schools. Interviews with 331 English schoolboys as well as a panel study of 1800 British youth suggest that selection to academic schools may contribute to a belief that class barriers are breaking down and to a tendency to identify oneself as middle class. Such selection does not contribute to changes in party identification. Nonselection may contribute to a low sense of political effectiveness, but it contributes little to disaffection toward the political system. Non-selected boys are less deferential toward political leaders than selected boys

American political science · Class (philosophy) · Identification (biology) · Pedagogy · Political science · Political socialization · Politics · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Socialization · Sociology · Sociology of Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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