Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32914/mcpr.12.1.2
POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION OF STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT AND PARENTAL POLITICAL ORIENTATIONS
Luka Jović
; Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Erik Brezovec
; Fakultet hrvatskih studija, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivan Balabanić
; Fakultet hrvatskih studija, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
This paper deals with the interrelation of political preferences and political orientations of students and their parents. The paper is theoretically organized within the sociology of knowledge with special reference to certain dimensions of political socialization as a dynamic process - the constant dialectic of primary and secondary socialization actors. The paper investigates the importance of certain stakeholders in the lives of students in the formation of their political identities. A survey was conducted on the student population of the University of Zagreb. The sample included 500 students with a focus on meeting quotas by gender and program of study. The research itself was based on three basic research questions; (1) To what extent and in what way are the political preferences of students and parents related? (2) To what extent are the political ideological attitudes (political orientations) of parents and students related (in terms of left-wing / center / right-wing)? (3) To what extent are the political attitudes (preferences and orientation) of students related to the attitudes of their fathers and mothers? The research showed that, among the offered stakeholders, the most influential in the formation of political identity for students were their parents. A statistically significant connection between the political orientation of students and that of their parents was also confirmed. In the descriptive analysis, greater alignment of both political orientations and political preferences is visible on the right political spectrum than is the case with the left political spectrum (although there is a connection there as well).
Keywords
political identity; political socialization; students; parents; sociology of knowledge
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256888
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Publication date:
15.4.2021.
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