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The Compensation Effect of Civic Education on Political Engagement: How Civics Classes Make Up for Missing Parental Socialization (2016)
Journal Article
Neundorf, A., Niemi, R. G., & Smets, K. (2016). The Compensation Effect of Civic Education on Political Engagement: How Civics Classes Make Up for Missing Parental Socialization. Political Behavior, 38, 921-949. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-016-9341-0

The development of political engagement in early life is significant given its impact on political knowledge and participation. Analyses reveal a large influence of parents on their offspring’s curiosity about politics during their teenage years. Inc... Read More about The Compensation Effect of Civic Education on Political Engagement: How Civics Classes Make Up for Missing Parental Socialization.

The micro-foundations of party competition and issue ownership: the reciprocal effects of citizens’ issue salience and party attachments (2016)
Journal Article
Neundorf, A., & Adams, J. (2016). The micro-foundations of party competition and issue ownership: the reciprocal effects of citizens’ issue salience and party attachments. British Journal of Political Science, 48(2), 385-406. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123415000642

While previous research on the reciprocal effects of citizens’ issue attitudes and their party support emphasize citizens’ issue positions, political competition revolves equally around issue salience, i.e., debates over which issue areas political p... Read More about The micro-foundations of party competition and issue ownership: the reciprocal effects of citizens’ issue salience and party attachments.