Kenneth A. Loparo 
Young People’s Political Participation in Western Europe 
Continuity or Generational Change?

Are young people today politically ‘apathetic’? Or are they democratically ‘mature’ citizens? This book examines several types of involvement to reveal changes in young people’s political participation in Europe in recent decades. It uses various concepts of ‘age’ to compare participation across countries and over time.

Table of Content

1. Introduction 2. Equivalent Measures of Political Participation 3. Political Participation and Age 4. Young People’s Political Participation in Europe 5. Generational Change? Political Generations and Cohorts in Europe 6. Too Young to Participate? 7. Conclusions

About the author

Gema García-Albacete is Researcher at the University of Madrid, Spain. Her research focuses on political behaviour, political attitudes and civic education.