This article aims at exploring the gender gap in levels of political knowledge, with a focus on
lower secondary school students in Europe. Using the International Civic and Citizenship …

The gender gap is one of the main puzzles explored in research on political knowledge.
Studies on children have shown that this phenomenon takes root in childhood. Girls score …

Traditionally political knowledge was regarded as an important potential outcome for civic
education efforts. Most of the currently available research, however, tends to focus on non …

Political education in school is aimed at preparing adolescents for their role as citizens,
which comprises political participation as well as political knowledge. While it is generally …

This article asks whether political education at upper secondary school–ie shortly before or
at the age when young people receive the right to vote–affects individual political interest as …

This article investigates how and why political knowledge varies among young children. The
data of the empirical analyses are adapted from the German study “Learning to Live …

There is a growing concern about the lack of political interest and engagement among
Western youth. This has led to a revival of political socialization studies. One recent finding …

The unusual size and persistence of the gender gap in political knowledge is perplexing in
comparison to other dimensions of politics. Building on situational explanations of political …

Why do men score better than women do on tests of political knowledge? We consider the
roots of the gender gap in political knowledge in late adolescence. Using a panel survey of …

Due to social and political change the process of young citizens' political socialization was
put on a new basis in West European democracies over the last decades. In this article we …