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    Argumentative Essay: “Youth Do Not Care About Politics”

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    In twelve pages (6 pp. + 3 pp. Annotated Bibliography + 3 pp. Outline) this essay argues that young people do not care about politics and considers possible reasons, how such apathy is not unique to the United States but also affects youth in other industrialized societies like Great Britain and Japan, and examines what could be done to change youth perspectives on politics. Nine sources are listed in the bibliography.

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    of Citizenship Among Secondary Education Students." Journal of Social Studies Research 29.1 (2005): 23-31. This article considers whether the renewed interest in citizen education following the terrorist attacks  of September 11, 2001 has changed the characteristic youth apathy regarding politics. The authors see the link between youth views of citizenship as political (i.e., voting) as negative and  that youth might be more inclined to take their citizenship more seriously if there was no political connotation attached to it. They further argue that citizenship and interest in  politics are similar in that both are age-appropriate. The younger the person is, the less interested he or she is likely to be in either politics or citizenship.  Clark, Terry Nichols, and Michael Rempel, eds. Citizen Politics in Post-Industrial Societies. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997. This volume focuses on changing political environments of advanced  industrial societies in a consideration of developments and the influence of culture and socioeconomics. It considers the impacts of media (print and electronic), class divisions, and ideologies. The  text also examines the roots of Japanese youth apathy regarding politics, noting similarities with its American counterpart, which is equated with preoccupation with material possessions and feelings of isolation from  political officials and institutions. Forbrig, Joerg. Revisiting Youth Political Participation. Strasbourg, Germany: Council of Europe, 2005. This book examines the continued reluctance of young  people to become involved in politics. While the concentration is on European politics, this text can be applicable to youth as a whole because the youthful dissatisfaction with politics  transcends geographical boundaries. The author suggests that such disinterest or apathy is more representative of social changes than it is of an individuals personality that might be more passive 

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