Making Citizens

Overview

This book assembles what political scientists, sociologists, and communication analysts have learned in almost six decades of research on political socialization (the lifelong process by which we acquire political beliefs). It also explores how people develop political values, attitudes, identities, and behavioral dispositions.

Focus of the Study

Of particular interest to Philo C. Wasburn and Tawnya J. Adkins Covert is the process by which people are made into active citizens who are politically interested, informed, partisan, tolerant, and engaged.

Suggestions for Change

Finally, Wasburn and Adkins Covert identify some suggestions for institutional change that would lead to “better” citizenship.