Turning right: A case study on contemporary political socialization of the Hungarian youth

摘要: Young Central and Eastern Europeans are growing up in newly solidifying democratic political systems with parents raised under an entirely different regime. In order to comprehend future sociopolitical dynamics within these countries it is crucial question how the youth developing their knowledge they engaging activism. As such, socialization provides a lens for analyzing what forms activism taking tracking roots of current trends. Political socialization, as theory, relatively straightforward. The influences agents affecting individual earlier life have significant impact on outlooks later years. However, ‘political socialization’ also process field research certain methods structures. Through primarily qualitative analysis, this report investigates behind post-communist trends among youth, targeting primary socialization: family unit, educational institutions media. These analyzed context parties grassroots social movements. Although theory targets key actors development, there limited previous into multi-agent majority focusing one agent. This analyzes movements agent not traditionally targeted by theory. Thus, adds wider while presenting unique case study developments Hungary. Hungary important experiencing shift away from liberal European values, giving preference nationalist increasingly exclusionary politics. Larger right wing radical voter support heightened population. Tracking shifts mainstreaming serves better define national anomaly might be predictor larger regional or