In order to better understand what compels young people to get involved in politics the authors conducted a survey of young party members on university campuses and compared them to other politically engaged students to analyze their different characteristics and motivations.

Release Date: 20 Sep 2007
Number of pages: 40
Document number: 48499

Themes:

Citizen Engagement
Democracy, Governance and Citizenship
Engaging Young Canadians

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