What Have You Done for Me Lately?: An Examination of Youth Political Efficacy and Political Cynicism
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.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Eric Anthony, "What Have You Done for Me Lately?: An Examination of Youth Political Efficacy and Political Cynicism" (2013). Student Theses and Dissertations. 796.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/796
