Abstract
The individual’s earliest political opinions are shaped within the family and these opinions may be held for a long time. Parents have an important influence on early political choices as individuals tend to rally with the family’s position rather than breaking away from it, and succeeding generations are fashioned by a certain ideological continuity. Only a minority of people change political camp between left and right—as mentioned earlier.
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Anne Muxel, Individu et Mémoire Familiale (1996) (Paris: Hachette, “Pluriel” series, 2007).
Catherine Bonvalet and Dominique Maison, “Famille et entourage: le jeu des proximités,” in Catherine Bonvalet, Anne Gotman, and Yves Grafmeyer (eds.), La Famille et ses proches. L’Aménagement des territoires (Paris: PUF-INRD, 1999), pp. 27–67.
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Muxel, A. (2014). Scene 1: Parents. In: Politics in Private. Europe in Transition: The Nyu European Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137395597_15
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