LEADER 06608nam 2200733 450 001 9910796915603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-939767-8 010 $a0-19-066873-3 010 $a0-19-939766-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000371600 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary11031222 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001441018 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12477214 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001441018 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11391660 035 $a(PQKB)11443988 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1987676 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1987676 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11031222 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL750646 035 $a(OCoLC)904694265 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000371600 100 $a20150320h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRunning from office $ewhy young Americans are turned off to politics /$fJennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-939765-1 311 $a1-336-19360-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- Chapter One: Coming of Age in the Era of Political Dysfunction and Disillusionment -- Chapter Two: What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? Not a Politician! -- Chapter Three: Not Under My Roof: Politics in Contemporary American Families -- Chapter Four: #PoliticsSucks: How Young People Experience Contemporary Politics -- Chapter Five: I'm Not a Corrupt Liar Only Out for Myself: I Could Never Run for Office -- Chapter Six: Inspiring the Next Generation to Run for Office -- Works Cited -- Index. 330 $a"The past two decades of politics in Washington have seen increased partisanship, prolonged stalemates, and numerous scandals. For today's teenagers and young adults, years of ineffective and inefficient political leadership have completely eroded any sense that politicians or government have the ability to do good or effect positive change. Worse, the mean-spirited, dysfunctional political system that has come to characterize American politics has turned young people off to the idea of running for office. With more than 500,000 elected positions in the United States, what will happen when this generation is expected to take the reins of political power? Through an original, national survey of more than 4,000 high school and college students, as well as more than 100 in-depth interviews, Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox find that young Americans feel completely alienated from contemporary politics and express little ambition or aspiration to run for office in the future. The overwhelming majority see nothing particularly noble about those currently in office, viewing most as dishonest, self-interested, and disinterested in helping their constituents. These young people want to improve their communities and enact change in the world; but they don't think politics is the way to achieve these goals. In fact, they look disdainfully upon the prospects of growing up to be a mayor, governor, senator, or even president of the United States. Running from Office explores young people's opinions about contemporary politics and their political ambition (or lack of it). The book paints a political profile of the next generation that should sound alarm bells about the long-term, deeply embedded damage contemporary politics has wrought on U.S. democracy and its youngest citizens. As disheartening as their conclusions sound, Lawless and Fox end with practical suggestions for how new technologies, national service programs, and well-strategized public service campaigns could generate political ambition in young people. Today's high school and college students care deeply about improving the future, and it's not too late to ensure that they view running for office as an effective way to do so"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Running from Office is the first analysis of young people's political ambition, based on a national poll of over 4000 high school and college students. It has been well-documented that political socialization begins early in life, but this will be the first consideration of the way that political socialization influences political ambition among youth. In it, the authors delve into how young people view political figures, what traits they see as necessary for political success, and how they view their own suitability to run for office. Lawless and Fox also consider how the attitudes of older generations condition young people's political ambition, as well as how ambition varies according to factors including gender, race, religion, geographic region and income (finding that gender is the only significant factor). In addition to their own research, they leverage public opinion data about young people's attitudes toward government, trust in politicians and political institutions, and patterns of civic engagement to demonstrate declines over time. But their message does not end with hand-wringing - importantly the authors provide suggestions based on their own survey data and evidence that can be used to generate heightened levels of political ambition among today's young people, including better governance, civic education, voluntary community and national service programs, and political and media campaigns geared to mobilize young people"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aYoung adults$xPolitical activity$zUnited States 606 $aYoung adults$zUnited States$xAttitudes 606 $aStudents$xPolitical activity$zUnited States 606 $aStudents$zUnited States$xAttitudes 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$2fast 615 0$aYoung adults$xPolitical activity 615 0$aYoung adults$xAttitudes. 615 0$aStudents$xPolitical activity 615 0$aStudents$xAttitudes. 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aPolitical culture 676 $a320.408350973 686 $aPOL003000$aPOL016000$2bisacsh 700 $aLawless$b Jennifer L.$f1975-$01511736 702 $aFox$b Richard Logan 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796915603321 996 $aRunning from office$93832500 997 $aUNINA