Democracy, Schooling, and Youth Participation: A Multilevel Analysis

• In Event: Global Perspectives on Citizenship Education

Abstract

Research on youth political socialization has failed to adequately contrast the effects of broader political contexts and the effects of democratic processes of schooling. Using the data from International Civics and Citizenship Study (ICCS) of 2016, we examine the relationship between adolescents’ civic participation in school and community (i.e., out of school) and national-level (democratic governance and democratic curricular policies) and school-level factors (democratic schooling and classroom practices) across 23 countries, employing Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM). Our preliminary results show that youth participation has significant relations to the democratic governance and democratic curricular policies at the national level as well as democratic schooling and classroom practices, controlling for other student, family, and school characteristics.

Authors

• Seyma Dagistan, The Pennsylvania State University

• Ji-hye Kim, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park

• Maryellen Schaub, The Pennsylvania State University

• David P. Baker, The Pennsylvania State University