Political Socialization Scenarios Leading to Party Membership in an Autocratizing Democracy: Insights From an Interview-Based Study.
The study identifies the typical political socialization trajectories leading to political parties in Hungary through an analysis of life history interviews with 40 young party members. These trajectories develop within a context where the decline and aging of party membership are not accompanied by...
| Publicado en: | Political Studies Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 1066 - 1091 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Aug2026
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