LEADER 06670nam 2200625I 450 001 9910627221803321 005 20230621140615.0 010 $a0-472-90284-9 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.11459940 035 $a(CKB)5590000000999844 035 $a(OCoLC)1345286254 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_103905 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/94239 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.11459940 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7131910 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7131910 035 $a(OCoLC)1351746722 035 $a(ScCtBLL)c14249f0-b851-4a39-b6b5-4d3b5b30ce4f 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000999844 100 $a20220921h20222022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aYouth without representation $ethe absence of young adults in parliaments, cabinets, and candidacies /$fDaniel Stockemer and Aksel Sundstro?m 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAnn Arbor, Michigan :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource xiii, 180 pages) : $cillustrations (some color), color maps 311 $a0-472-05517-8 311 $a0-472-07517-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 165-180) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Why We Need Increased Youth Representation -- 2.1. Youth: An Important Group of Study -- 2.2. The Importance of Group Representation for Youth -- 2.3. Benefits and Costs of Increased Descriptive Representation of Youth -- 2.4. The Vicious Cycle of Political Alienation -- 2.5. The Threefold Link between Young Adults' Low Political Interest and Knowledge, Their Low Electoral Participation, and Their Lack of Representation in Office -- 2.6. The Endemic Nature of the Vicious Cycle of Youths' Political Alienation -- 2.7. Increased Youth Representation: One Way to Break the Vicious Cycle of Youth Alienation -- 2.8. The Youth Representation Literature and Our Contribution -- Chapter 3. Youths' Underrepresentation in National Parliaments -- 3.1. The Magnitude of Youths' Underrepresentation in Parliament -- 3.2. Youth Representation in Legislatures over Time in Australia, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom -- 3.3. Explanatory Factors for the Variation in Youth Representation across Countries -- 3.4. Research Design -- 3.5. Results -- 3.6. Discussion -- Chapter 4. Youth Representation across Party Delegations in Parliament -- 4.1. Youths' (under) Representation across Party Delegations -- 4.2. Young Adults in Australian, German, French, and British Party Delegations over Time -- 4.3. Explanatory Factors for the Variation in Youth Representation across Parties -- 4.4. Research Design -- 4.5. Results -- 4.6. Discussion -- Chapter 5. Young Politicians in Cabinet -- 5.1. The Magnitude of Youths' Underrepresentation in Cabinet -- 5.2. Youth Representation in Cabinet over Time in Australia, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom -- 5.3. Explanatory Factors for the Variation in Youth Representation in Cabinet across Countries. 327 $a5.4. Research Design -- 5.5. Results -- 5.6. Cabinet Portfolios of Young Ministers -- 5.7. Discussion -- Chapter 6. Youth as Candidates and Elected Representatives -- 6.1. Comparing Candidates and Elected Representatives -- 6.2. The Average and Median Age of (Unsuccessful) Candidates and Elected Parliamentarians -- 6.3. The Share of Young (Unsuccessful) Candidates and Legislators -- 6.4. The Age Factor in Explaining the Success of Candidates -- 6.5. Characteristics of Young and Older Candidates -- 6.6. Electoral Capital of Young(er) and Old(er) Successful Candidates -- 6.7. Discussion -- Chapter 7. Explaining (More) Variation in Youth Representation: Insights from an Original Survey in Sweden and Switzerland -- 7.1. Added Value of an Original Survey with MPs and Candidates in Sweden and Switzerland -- 7.2. Methods -- 7.3. Quantitative and Qualitative Insights of Our Survey -- 7.4. Youth in the Swedish Riksdag: Some Positive Signs but Still a Long Way to Full Acceptance -- 7.5. Youth in the Swiss National Council: Still the Exception Rather Than the Rule -- 7.6. Propositions to Increase Youth Representation -- Chapter 8. Conclusions -- References -- Index. 330 3 $aOfficeholders in contemporary parliaments and cabinets are more likely than not to be male, wealthy, middle-aged or older, and from the dominant ethnicity, whereas young adults have an insufficient presence in political office. Young adults--those aged 35 years or under--comprise a mere ten percent of all parliamentarians globally, and three percent of all cabinet members. Compared to their presence in the world's population, this age group faces an underrepresentation of one to three in parliament and one to ten in cabinet. In this book, Stockemer and Sundstro?m provide a holistic account of youths' marginalization in legislatures, cabinets, and candidacies for office through a comparative lens. They argue that youths' underrepresentation in political office constitutes a democratic deficit and provide ample evidence for why they think that youth must be present in politics at much higher rates. They further embed this book within what they label a vicious cycle of political alienation, which involves the declining political sophistication of the young, their waning electoral participation, and their insufficient of representation in office. Empirically, the authors combine a global focus with in-depth studies, discussing the country-level, party-level, and individual-level factors that bar young adults' entry to positions of political power. This is the first comprehensive book on youth representation and it has relevance for those broadly interested in issues of representation, democracy, inequality, and comparative politics. 606 $aYoung adults$xPolitical activity 606 $aRepresentative government and representation 606 $aPolitical candidates 606 $aPoliticians 615 0$aYoung adults$xPolitical activity. 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation. 615 0$aPolitical candidates. 615 0$aPoliticians. 676 $a320.0842 700 $aStockemer$b Daniel$0791919 702 $aSundstro?m$b Askel 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan), 801 0$bEYM 801 1$bEYM 801 2$bEYM 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910627221803321 996 $aYouth without Representation$92968972 997 $aUNINA