'IF YOU HAVE A GRANDPA SEND HIM TO EUROPE'. ATTITUDES OF YOUNG AUSTRIAN TOWARDS THE EU ELECTIONS

• Authors: Spanring R. , Wallace C. , Datler G.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

With EU-elections coming up in 2004 this articles focuses on young Austrians' willingness to take part in elections at a EU-level. On the basis of an international survey among young Europeans it will show how many young people in Austria express their intention to vote, how this compares with other European young people and how important EU-elections are considered relative to elections on other political levels. It will also analyse which factors influence interest in European politics. Further, an analysis of a focus group interview in Vienna will reveal the young people's attitudes towards the EU-elections. The results show that a substantial part of the respondents are willing to vote. However, there are a number of problems associated with democracy on a EU-level impairing people's motivation to get involved and active.

Keywords

EN

EU-ELECTIONS; INTEREST IN EUROPEAN POLITICS; YOUNG PEOPLE VOTING ATTITUDES (AUSTRIA)

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 253-272
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Spanring R.

author

Wallace C.

author

Datler G.

• Austrian Institute for Youth Research, Maria-Theresienstrasse 24/10, A-1010 Vienna, Austria

• R. Spannring, Austrian Institute for Youth Research, Maria-Theresienstrasse 24/10, A-1010 Vienna, Austria

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

05SKAAAA00601537