The Socialization Of Political Socialization

Most people are exposed to the same principals and agents of political socialization. Families spread values that support political authorities and can heavily contribute to children's initial political ideological views, or party preferences. Families influence political knowledge and identification depending on variables such as family demographics, life cycle, parenting style, parental level of political skepticism and frequency of political discussions. Demographics such as gender and age also attribute to political socialization. School is another agent of political socialization. Spending numerous years in school, children in the United States are taught and reinforced a view of the world that their text books tell them to trust. Through primary, secondary and high schools, students are taught key principles such as individual rights and property, personal responsibility and duty to their nation. Another is mass media. Mass media is not only a source of political information; it is an influence on political values and beliefs. Various media outlets, through news coverage and late-night programs, provide different partisan policy stances that are associated with political participation. Religions, beliefs, and practices play a role in political opinion formation and political participation. The perspective offered by religious institutions shape judgement regarding public policy, and political decision

I have not had much interest in politics until recently. Before last year, I did not care for anything related to politics; I thought that it was all boring and had little to no affect on me on a personal level. I am more interested in politics nowadays. I know better now that it does affect me and I should care about it. I had learned about the concepts of political socialization, party identification, political tolerance, political trust, political efficacy in government class and how they affect my political beliefs. My personal political belief has been shaped into what it is today and is still being shaped because of those six concepts.

Southern food embodies a history that has evolved over time and explains why we have come to believe of exclusive foods as deeply southern. “The South is a world so shaped by history and memory that is difficult to separate myth from reality. The same is true for southern food” (Ferris, 3). Southern foods are rooted in culture and traditions of the past. “Real southern food is distinctive, innovative cuisine that is grounded in the world of local agrarian traditions—soil, waters, region, season, flora and fauna—and the influence of global cultures” (Ferris, 3). Through agricultural innovation, southern food has advanced to become the tasteful southern cuisine

Throughout the first part of the edible south, Ferris, accounts for the long history of encounters, which marked the formation of this regions distinctive cuisine. Ferris states, “the historic interactions between southerners and food tell us much about this distinctive region.” She then goes on to say “Food reflects both our

In the novel Bless Me, Ultima, the Márez family came to be through two very different people. María Luna, a soft-spoken, devoutly Catholic woman from a farming family married Gabriel Márez, a rowdy, boisterous, cowboy. As one would imagine, their views are often times conflicting and vastly different. Like Tony’s parents, my parents came from very different backgrounds. My father was raised in the small town of Staples, Minnesota. He was brought up as a member of Church of Christ, and his family was quiet and reserved, never uttering profanities or consuming alcohol. Their weekends were spent at the family dairy farm or on a baseball field. My mother, however, was raised to be a strict Catholic in Stillwater, Minnesota. Her aunts and uncles

Have you ever thought about why you have the political beliefs and values you do? Where did they come from? Are they simply your own ideas and experiences or have you been influenced by others in your thinking? This process by which individuals acquire their political beliefs and attitudes is called political socialization. In another words, Political socialization is a concept where the study of the developmental processes by which children and adolescents acquire political cognition, attitudes and behaviors. What people think and how they come to think it is of critical importance to the stability of the government. The beliefs and values of the people are the basis for a society's political culture and that culture defines the

own my own and how I felt about them. They also taught me how to conduct

No matter their religion, language, or struggles they faced upon arrival in America throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the one thing all Irish had in common was their reason for leaving Ireland; the English. Whether Catholic from southern Ireland or Presbyterian from the Ulster region, the Irish were systematically oppressed by the Anglican Church of England. For those who could afford the passage, America meant freedom to worship as they chose and for the Ulster Presbyterians; recognition that their church was valid. For the southern Irish, unfortunately, during the 1800’s America was a heavily Protestant country that harbored severe suspicions of Catholics and rumors the Pope was plotting to destroy their country. This meant

During the late 1950s and early 1960s intellectuals such as David Riesman, Irving Howe, William Whyte, and Daniel Bell critically analyzed what they perceived as ineffectual social conformity and political disengagement. Each had their own unique take on what exactly was wrong with mass society in the prosperous years after World War Two. Each had a different definition of conformity and aspects of society and politics were the cause of that mass society. By looking into these intellectuals writings it is possible to perceive what their criticisms with society were and what alternatives to conformity they advised.

The Irish Americans, A History discusses the influence of Catholicism by the emigrant population on to America. A strong and important aspect of Irish culture is found in the Catholic church. Dolan proved that the Church was not merely seen for its religious aspects, but the social institutions it built. The Catholic church gave Irish communities a space to meet each other and not feel alone in the struggles of being an emigrant. The building of these massive and expensive churches was a source of pride for the Irish because they were built and paid for with there own money. Even though they only had a little, together the community could build something great that they could all enjoy.

Religiosity designates the importance of religion in a person’s life. (Macionis and PLummer, 2012:661) Glock and Stark (1965) identified 8 concepts of religiosity, assessing religiosity as having ritualistic, devotional, communal, experiential, belief, consequential, knowledge and particularistic aspects. Yet under the latest Irish EVS figures the aspect of ritualism seems to be diminished. These various forms of religious membership and commitment are supposed to reflect and reaffirm beliefs and have long been regarded as concrete evidence of religiosity. Yet without this aspect, measuring the degree of religiousness of a person becomes more difficult. (Fahey 2005 :49) The Catholic Church, the largest denomination in Ireland, ‘has always put a very high premium on belonging’ according to Bruce (in Storm, 2009:702) yet Irish figures seem to suggest people are moving away from this view.Religion has often been linked with institutional affiliation but people who describe themselves as spiritual

Socialisation is a learning process where people learn and adapt to the appropriate and accepted values, attitudes and behaviours of their society. Nevertheless, separate groups exist within societies for reasons including ethnicity, class and culture and these can bring their own set of ‘norms’. Bond and Bond in Sociology and Social Care (2009 pg28) states “From the cradle to the grave we are being socialised”. Primary socialisation occurs from infancy to early adulthood. Secondary socialisation follows into the later stages of maturity. Anticipatory socialisation is where we learn to anticipate the actions and activities deemed appropriate by society. Resocialisation occurs when we learn new behaviours in response to new situations and

Religion plays an important role in my life. I identify as catholic, but there are some thing that me and my family don’t follow. We don't go to church often and when we do it's only for important events. This is because we’ve had bad experiences with

Socialization is the process by which culture is learned; also called enculturation. During socialization individuals internalize a culture's social controls, along with values and norms about right and wrong. Socialization is a complex process that involves many individuals, groups, and social institutions.

In my later teen years, I moved to the United Kingdom and lived with my mother’s brother and his family. My new family was not a church going family and