250094 Political Socialisation (S) (SoSe 2010)

Das Seminar wird in englischer Sprache durchgeführt. Besondere Englischkenntnisse werden nicht verlangt. Alle Studierenden werden ermutigt, die Sprachbarriere zu überwinden.
Research in political socialisation has dealt with processes of transmission, learning and internalisation of political culture. This is how individuals and collectives develop their beliefs, values and attitudes towards political and social objects and processes. Different forces are involved in socialisation process. First, several influential social agents have to be distinguished, being the most relevant the family, the educational system, peers, political leaders and mass media. Second, the influence of some aspects at the individual level have to be checked, such as genetic heritability, personality, developmental stages, life cycle and motivation. Third, the relation between historical and social processes and socialisation has to be discussed in order to explain the emergency of certain phenomena such as intergroup conflict, mass movements, collective actions and political generations. Finally, the concepts of ideology and identity will be used to articulate the different theoretical approaches included in the seminar, due to the discussion behind the definition of these concepts involves every previously mentioned forces participating in socialisation process.
Conditions for participation: active and regular participation; EL: 10-15 pages essay.

Requirements for participation, required level

Master of Arts: Voraussetzung ist die Zulassung zum Master of Arts Erziehungswissenschaft
Language: English