Political Socialization of Youth

Janette Habashi is Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma, USA. Her research with children, youth, and indigenous populations examines socialization, national identity, political participation, resistance, and children’s rights-based approaches in policy and research.  

Part I: Political socialization and its processes.- 1. Introduction to Palestinian youth journaling project.- 2. Reconceptualizing youth political socialization: a theoretical framework.- 3. Community contribution to political socialization: the global is local.- 4. Social Identifiers: making meaning of intersectionality.- 5. Geopolitics of religion and its role in youth agency.- 6. Limitations of the educational structure in political socialization.- 7. Media and the neoliberal agenda within political socialization.- Part II: The outcome of political socialization.- 8. The evolvement of national identity: A never-ending process.- 9. Youth agency/activism: The hidden outcome .- 10. The normalization of youth political agency.