Analysis and Policy

Tuning In To Democracy: Challenges of Young People’s Participation and Civic Education

Author

Andrew Ellis, Director for Asia-Pacific (International IDEA)
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Type of document

Public speech

First released at

Global Electoral Organisations Conference, Washington DC, USA, 27 March 2007

Keywords

participation, voter turnout, youth participation

English, 13 pages

Excerpt from the public speech

How does the socialisation of people into becoming voters work? What makes young people become habitual voters? It is tempting toassume that those who do not vote may participate in other ways - but we don’t know whether this is true. Sometimes those who engage in other kinds of participatory activity are also those who vote.