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Einfluß der 'Tanganyika African National Union' (TANU) auf politisches Verhalten und Wertvorstellungen der Bevölkerung. (DÜI-Hem)

No variable better accounts for French political attitudes than degree of religiosity. The persistence of this relation involves the critical role of intergenerational transmission of political & religious attitudes. The recent evolution toward diminished church attendance & voting shifts to the Left, especially among youth, makes the study of the interdependence of religious & political socialization even more critical. Three topics are addressed: (1) whether particular religious attitudes are transmitted first & best, (2) the influence of parental religiosity in the formation of political preferences in children & adolescents, & (3) the presence, strength, & form of links between religious & political attitudes in childhood. Examining data from 2 surveys of representative samples of adolescents & parents (N not given), conducted in 1975 & 1979/80, it is concluded that the affinities between regular church attendance & a Right vote, or irreligious attitudes & a Left vote, are not phenomena of the past, but come from still effective processes of primary socialization. However successful in the sphere of ideological preferences, the transmission of Catholic values is a failure in the case of the norms of day-to-day morality. In the long run, the transformation of Catholic political attitudes may be affected by this failure. 8 Tables, 6 Figures. Modified HA.

Chinese political participation is low by comparison with other migrant and ethnic groups despite high socioeconomic status. This suggests that other barriers to participation are present among this group. This study examines how pre- and post-migration political socialisation affect the electoral participation of Chinese in New Zealand. Fifteen one-on-one, in-depth interviews allowed me to consider the relationship between both length of residence and socialisation in a democratic versus non-democratic regime and electoral participation among this sample. In this case, analysis of each participant's migration and political participation experiences revealed no correlation between either length of residence and socialisation in a democratic versus non-democratic regime and electoral participation, although it highlighted the significance of demographic factors such as age and life-cycle, and social capital and political interest for electoral participation. Few studies have focused on Chinese migrant political participation specifically in New Zealand and even fewer on the subject of Chinese electoral participation. However, understanding what drives and inhibits electoral participation among this group is both important for the development of New Zealand's Asia-Pacific identity and ultimately as an indicator of the health of democracy in New Zealand.

Political systems of every description continuously confront a problem crucial to their survival: how to prepare the younger members of the system for the political responsibilities they must one day assume. This problem is quite general; it exists in all societies in every historical epoch, and it embodies a learning process that stretches back to a child's first perceptions of the larger social world. How children learn the values that will guide their future behaviour in politics, and what it is they learn, are questions with answers that vary from society to society.

This research paper attempts to analyze the political socialization process among gram Panchayat Sarpanches (Village Head). In turning the differences in their social backgrounds and their consequent life experiences to meaningful role perception, citizens consider many important issues while arriving at the threshold of decision-making. They consider (i) whether the influence exerted by social differences convey enough information for the individual to choose their preferences and/or applies pressure for compliance; (ii) whether social differences direct toward a broad social outcome or a particularized interest; (iii) whether the social differences generate intense or low degree of conflict; (iv) whether the amount of effort and initiative required to offset the social differences must be stupendous or negligible; and (v) whether the amount of co-operation with others requires retention of any group identity or obliteration of it. These considerations make the citizens choose between the widely differing social circumstances and the coherent new role perception.