THE LOCATION OF IDEOLOGICAL SOCIALIZATION AND AGE-BASED RECRUITMENT INTO REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS.
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| Title: | THE LOCATION OF IDEOLOGICAL SOCIALIZATION AND AGE-BASED RECRUITMENT INTO REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS. |
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| Authors: | Cohn, Steven F., Markides, Kyriacos C. |
| Source: | Social Science Quarterly (University of Texas Press). Dec1977, Vol. 58 Issue 3, p462-471. 10p. 2 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Guerrillas, Youth in politics, Socialization, Ideology |
| Geographic Terms: | Cyprus |
| Abstract: | This article focuses on the hypotheses which have been offered to explain the disproportionate participation of young people in guerrilla movements in Cyprus during the 1970s. The socialization-activation hypothesis is based on two conditions: the existence of an ideology hostile to the established order; and exposure of potential recruits to this ideology in a milieu in which some authoritative figures and peers strongly support the ideology. If these conditions exist, the hypothesis states that those youths who were socialized in the family to support some of the values activated and extended when they enter this milieu. The second set of hypotheses explaining youthful participation in anti-regime movements focuses on factors considered peculiar to the young. The factors include: a striving for prestige and psychological independence, a desire for social change stemming from a short-term time perspective and a high level of moralistic thinking; a high level of anomie due to social change and the inability of the family to provide an appropriate identity; a marginal position in the stabilizing structures of work, family, and community; the occasional encouragement of the young to experiment with radical ideas; and the fact that the young are relative newcomers to society thus may be able to perceive emerging social problems in new ways. |
| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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