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A radikalizmus szociális reprezentációja fiatalok körében
The Social Representation of Radicalism among Young People

Author(s): István Murányi
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Debreceni Egyetem Politikatudományi és Szociológiai Intézet
Keywords: radicalism;social representation; nationalism;democratic principles; association

Summary/Abstract: In the study, using data from an international research (Myplace), relying on the theory of social representations, we examined the understanding of radicalism of young people aged 15 to 26 and living in two towns in Hungary (Ózd and Sopron) which differ significantly regarding their political socialization. In accordance with an empirical method based on the theory, we analyzed the relationship between young people’s attitudes towards nationalism and the democratic principles and the representation of radicalism, following the structural and content characterization of the representation of radicalism through the quantification of associational responses received in the questionnaire survey conducted in 2012.

  • Issue Year: 5/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 64-78
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Hungarian