The American student protest movement provides exceptional opportunities to observe how
formative political experiences can affect intragenerational cleavages over the adult life …

This study focuses on the generational unit born out of the student protest movement. Three
groups were selected for the study:(a) former civil rights activists involved in protest …

The theory of political generations asserts that enduring and relevant political consequences
result from critical experiences during the formative years. This study draws on a national …

This research is the second follow-up study of 1960s civil rights activists and two control
groups. The data support Mannheim's theory of distinctive intragenerational units who are …

This article traces the development of student activists among members of the high school
class of 1965. We explore how political and religious socialization, social psychological …

Compared to the literature on the origins of social movements, relatively little work has been
directed towards an understanding of the long-term consequences of social movement …

We examine the consequences of social movement participation for late 1960s and early
1970s activists, most of whom participated in the antiwar, student, and civil rights protests …

Halvdan Koht (19681, whom Harvard's William Langer recently called the “dean of living
historians,” summarized his more than seventy years' experience as a professional social …

This introductory article to the special issue presents a theoretical framework built on a
bridging of youth studies and social movement studies. Building on some preliminary …

This chapter presents a literature review expanding research on political socialization to
development of political attitudes and behavior over the full life course. The fundamental …