Papers by Margaret Braungart
Contemporary Sociology, 1991
This volume offers the perspectives of such thinkers as Richard M.Merelman, Judith Torney-Purta, ... more This volume offers the perspectives of such thinkers as Richard M.Merelman, Judith Torney-Purta, Henry M.Levin, Richard G.Niemi, Roberta S.Sigel, and Stanley A.Renshon. The book is divided into five sections. Part 1 relates political socialization to the functioning of democracy. Part 2 presents three different models for the acquisition of political attitudes and behaviours. In Part 3, the institutional context of political socialization is discussed. The role new movements play as socializers forms the focus of Part 4. And two concluding chapters in Part 5 extend the concerns of this book beyond childhood into responsible adult citizenship. "Political Socialization, Citizenship Education, and Democracy" can be used as a supplemental text in courses on foundations of education, educational psychology, sociology of education, as well as political science. It should be of interest to researchers in those areas, and social scientists in general.
American Political Science Review, 1987
Introduction - the origins, structure and impact of the modern state, Richard G. Braungart and Ma... more Introduction - the origins, structure and impact of the modern state, Richard G. Braungart and Margaret M. Braungart. Part 1 Origins of the state: utopian literature and the ideology of monopoly capitalism - the case of Edward Bellamy's looking backward, Edgar Kiser economic and noneconomic determinants of political democracy in the 1960s, Kenneth A. Bollen and Robert W. Jackman the political dimension of social mobility in communist states - reflections on the Soviet Union and China, Andrew G. Walder status-separation and status-fusion - the role of PACs in contemporary American democracy, Amitai Etzioni Quebec in the 1970s-1980s - submerged nation of Canadian fringe?, Carol L. Schmid. Part 2 Structure of the state: reflections on modern Western states and civil societies, Reinhard Bendix et al the crisis of authoritarianism - state and civil society in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, Alejandro Portes and A. Douglas Kincaid militarism and civil-military relationships in Latin Ame...
Youth & Society, 1974
In the spring of 1964, a new age began on college campuses in the United States. With the sudden ... more In the spring of 1964, a new age began on college campuses in the United States. With the sudden appearance of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley attention was focused on the university and on its student population-especially its activist student population. Social scientists, as well as journalists and politicians, addressed themselves t o institutional unrest attempting t o understand and explain the causes of student protest behavior. Since 1964, the "Berkeley invention" has spread to campuses throughout tlie country. By tlie spring of 1968, over 700 students were arrested at Columbia University after outside police were brought on campus to quell a student revolt. What was significant about the Columbia incident was the fact that confrontation with the police and tlie bloody violence that ensued radicalized a
International Journal of Sociology, 1992
South African Journal of Linguistics, Apr 4, 2012
Abstract In this study the personal perceptions and national aspirations of 236 black and white s... more Abstract In this study the personal perceptions and national aspirations of 236 black and white students enrolled at three university campuses in South Africa in 1992 were examined. The Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale was used to determine the best and worst possible outcomes for themselves and their country. Research results indicated: (a) both black and white student respondents were strongly committed to their country at the time of the survey; (b) although the students came from diverse ethnic communities and were linked to society in unique ways, they shared similar national goals; (c) while embracing different political parties, these black and white youth identified with the ideological center; and (d) both black and white students rejected their apartheid past and were optimistic about their own and their country's future. The 'storm and stress' model of youth was not supported in this exploratory study, nor did the heightened era of social change disrupt the black and white students' commit...
The International Handbook of Sociology
Youth & Society, 1996
This study examines the personal perceptions and aspirations of 187 students studying at two univ... more This study examines the personal perceptions and aspirations of 187 students studying at two universities in Syracuse, New York during the spring of 1992. The Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale is used to determine the best and worst possible outcomes for themselves, the United States, and Europe. The evaluations and responses of full- and part-time students attending a private university are compared with those enrolled at a public university. Research results indicate that, although students are most optimistic about their own future and to a lesser extent the future of Europe, they are more pessimistic about the future prospects for the United States. Students' hopes, fears, and ladder ratings are described and compared, and the findings are interpreted from a cognitive dissonance perspective.
Sociological Focus, 1980
The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Library collection. To conduct further searche... more The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Library collection. To conduct further searches of the collection, visit the NCJRS Abstracts Database. ... The joint or combined effects of age level, sex differences, and social factors in fear of crime are systematically investigated by ...
Social Problems, 1991
This study examines the impact of the 1960s political generation on former leaders of the left-wi... more This study examines the impact of the 1960s political generation on former leaders of the left-wing Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and right-wing Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) in the 1980s. The principal issue under investigation is whether the consequences of generational participation have been different for SDS and YAF leaders and for women leaders from both groups when compared to men. According to generational theory, the 1960s political generation should have a lasting effect on its participants. However, alternative explanations that emphasize the importance of aging and period effects indicate that former activist leaders' lives and politics would change over time, with little significance attached to their youthful 1960s activist experiences. Based on life-history interviews in 1988 with 13 former SDS leaders and 11 YAF leaders, the findings of this study clearly suggest that generational effects have a stronger influence on the lives and politics of both the left- and right-wing leaders than do aging or period effects. Some modifications occur in political thinking and style, but the changing times have little impact on the leaders' adult lives. Several gender differences are identified in this study as well.
Political Psychology, 1990
... A number of books and articles have been published on the 1960s, including research on ... Wo... more ... A number of books and articles have been published on the 1960s, including research on ... WorldWar II, Holocaust, civil rights, nuclear weapons, starvation in India (seen in Life magazine at ... because they were willing to sacrifice for convictions, be involved with people, and were ...
Political Psychology, 1990
... idealized conceptions of the future, with SDS essays tending to be dystopian (predicting eith... more ... idealized conceptions of the future, with SDS essays tending to be dystopian (predicting either ... violence and destruction), whereas YAF essays were likely to be utopian (predicting a ... of tradition, heritage, and status), and their different generational experiences from young people ...
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1989
Using a data set of 123 countries, the global status of youth is assessed by examining the relati... more Using a data set of 123 countries, the global status of youth is assessed by examining the relationship between national development and a youth-adult ratio, or the number of youth relative to the number of adults in a nation. First, the size of the population of youth in comparison to the size of the adult population is determined, where it becomes evident that the majority of nations have high or very high numbers of youth relative to adults. Second, the opportunities nations provide their young people are evaluated by looking at the range and average levels of economic, political, social, and educational development within the modern worm system. Third, a strong relationship is found between relative size of the youth population and national development, with youth ratios most closely associated with educational and political development. The results of this study demonstrate the existence of inter-age and intra-age stratification throughout the world, which has important implications for the future well-being of youth as well as the worm system of nation-states.
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1975
... Throughout the 1960s, research on campus demonstrators revealed that student activists were r... more ... Throughout the 1960s, research on campus demonstrators revealed that student activists were recruited from families with higher income and educational levels, minority religious and ethnic group status, whose parents were politically liberal and active (Solomon and Fishman ...
International Sociology, 1986
The personal, social and political views of young people are examined using two separate multinat... more The personal, social and political views of young people are examined using two separate multinational surveys of youth conducted in 18 countries around the world Results from the 1983 11-Nation Japanese World Survey and the 1982 Euro- Barometer 10-Nation Survey suggest that while youth (between the ages of 15/18-24) exhibit national differences, more importantly, they share many attitudinal features in common. Three themes in particular stand out characterising young people's personal lives, social attitudes and politics in the early 1980s: first, the majority of youth in these surveys are stable in their transition to adulthood; second, youth are searching for more independence in their lives, and third, young people express a surprising amount of approval for political mobilisation over contemporary political issues. These findings support both the socialisation and generational theories in political sociology.
International Sociology, 1990
Using a broad definition of youth movements, this study examines the extent and type of youth mov... more Using a broad definition of youth movements, this study examines the extent and type of youth movement activity throughout the 1980s in the major regions of the world. The objectives of the investigation are to determine: (1) how much youth movement activity has occurred between 1980 and 1989, (2) over what issues young people have mobilised and protested, (3) whether the 1980s youth movements are similar to those of the 1960s, and (4) how the various youth movements of the 1980s may be explained. Based on information taken from news sources, manuscripts, books and journals, youth movements that occurred from 1980 to 1989 are described for each global region. The findings of the study, while not exhaustive, indicate that there was widespread youthful political protest throughout the world over many issues, with the youth movements of the 1980s representing both a continuation and departure from the 1960s generation. The extensive youth movement activity of the 1980s is partially roo...
Contemporary Sociology, 1987
Contemporary Sociology, 1987
Annual Review of Sociology, 1986
... subject of several psychobiographical accounts of politicians, with age-related crises at mid... more ... subject of several psychobiographical accounts of politicians, with age-related crises at mid-life resulting in ... to maintain his good judg-ment, balance, and intelligence until his death at age ... contention in this essay is that a more fruitful approach to understanding political behavior ...
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