The Politics of Millennials

Political Beliefs and Policy Preferences of America’s Most Diverse Generation

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ID6370452
AuthorsPatrick Fisher (Seton Hall University)
Year2019
Volume83
Issue3
Pages640-643
Publication date2019-11-12
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Opinion Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-362X • E-ISSN: 1537-5331
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/poq/nfz036
OpenAlexW2976257280
LanguageEN
Citations received4

Few generations in American history have been as prominent in the public imagination as the Millennial Generation. Despite the high profile of the generation, however, there have been surprisingly few studies on the politics of Millennials. The Politics of Millennials by Stella M. Rouse and Ashley D. Ross helps fill this void by providing an important contribution to the literature on this politically distinct cohort. Generational research can be criticized on the grounds that generations are arbitrary constructs that are really just measuring the life-cycle effects of attitudes and beliefs, as opposed to evaluating the distinct attributes of a generation compared to other generations. The authors persuasively argue, however, that the political differences between Millennials and other generational cohorts are attributed more to the unique experiences of this particular cohort than to age itself. Millennials have a distinctive generational identity that is fundamentally rooted in cultural shifts resulting from the social, economic, and political events that took place as they were becoming politically socialized

Aesthetics · Baby boomers · Cohort effect · Demographic economics · Economics · Generation x · Identity (music · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Demography · Law · Social Psychology

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