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Effects of school forums on political development in early adolescence. A field experiment

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  • Aleš Kudrnáč
  • Eliška Vejchodská
  • Lenka Slavíková

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Scholars and practitioners endorse public participation in the decision-making process as enhancing the health of democracy, justice, and effectiveness of policy outcomes. To sustain or even increase the number of participants in the long run, it is crucial to start raising a new politically active generation already during their youth and even early adolescence. This article presents School Forums as an extracurricular participatory method involving early adolescents (11–15 years old) in decision-making concerning their school and municipality. We made a field experiment on a sample of 480 Czech secondary school pupils to examine the potential of School Forums to enhance prerequisites for youth’s political engagement. Our results revealed a positive effect of School Forum attendance on the sense of internal political efficacy and interest in local affairs. The results suggest a high potential of participative extracurricular programmes in raising a new generation of politically active citizens.

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  • Aleš Kudrnáč & Eliška Vejchodská & Lenka Slavíková, 2023. "Effects of school forums on political development in early adolescence. A field experiment," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(5), pages 932-952, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:flgsxx:v:49:y:2023:i:5:p:932-952
    DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2022.2052855
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