Date of Award

5-3-2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Sociology, MA

First Advisor

Monika Myers

Committee Members

Gretchen Hill; Thomas Ratliff

Abstract

This paper utilizes a quantitative methodology to examine political attitudes among a sample of African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic youth, namely political efficacy and political cynicism. Utilizing data from the 2005 Black Youth Project study, this paper test hypotheses to explore whether key demographic, political, cultural, life experience, and self-efficacy variables effectively predict the aforementioned political attitudes. Key findings include African American and Hispanic youth are more politically efficacious than previous research suggests; however, they tend to be less trusting of the government.

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