2) Research field – Studies on democracy and political behavior
The Youth of Democracy: the Democratic Political Values of the Cohorts of Brazilian Youth in the Post-85 Time Period
Project current status: Concluded
Rachel Meneguello e Fabíola Brigante Del Porto
On through
Abstract
Doctoral study that assessed the political values (preference for political regimes, political trust, political efficacy, voting, as well as political conversation and information habits) of the youth growing up during Brazilian democratization (1989–2006). Under the assumption that the latest political experiences matter more for the evaluations of and adherence to the current regime, the hypothesis is that the age range of individuals (cohort or life cycle) does not affect their values. The data revealed that only distrust declined from the younger to the older cohort, which raises the question of whether the difference was a function of a life cycle effect or of a compositional effect. When we compared the impact of education on distrust by age group, the effect was even smaller among the youth. However, education has affected the preference for regimes, suggesting that younger individuals who did not live under the dictatorship rely on education to form political preferences.
Project team
Rachel Meneguello
CESOP / IFCH-UNICAMP
Fabíola Brigante Del Porto
CESOP / UNICAMP