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Agents of Political Socialization Through the Life Course

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At any point in people’s lives, the influences of their families, teachers, clergy, co-workers, and so on can be re-enforcing or contradictory. Some of those have greater overall effect than do others. Some are more influential at different periods in people’s lives. The structures, dynamics, messages, and prevalence of the various sources of political orientations change over time. Further, the politically relevant experiences of individuals within their families, schools, churches, voluntary associations as well as their patterns of media use vary by gender, race, ethnicity, and social class. The chapter systematically examines research detailing this complexity.

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