A sociological analysis of how youth of the present period came to develop a youthful consciousness and to view themselves as a sort of community or class, the article suggests that the youth movement is in danger of following the direction and temptation of anarchy. (DM)

A study of the Brazilian revolutionary socialist student movement focusing on attempts made by the United States Agency for International Development to restructure Brazilian higher education, and on the efforts of Brazilian students to resist American intervention in their educational system. (EH)

Presents findings of a study of adolescent political activism that focused on why so few Americans participate in politics, despite the participatory ideology taught in most schools. Identifies aspects of role, ideology, and personality that encourage participatory motivations among youth. Reports that activist youths tend to be self-critical and…

The results of a 1982 survey of college students' political attitudes were compared with similar surveys conducted in 1950 and 1971. Contemporary student activists appear to be about as conservative as the nonactivists of 1972. They are not, however, inordinately cynical or pessimistic about the future. (KH)

To examine the relationship between political discontent and political behavior, questionnaires were administered to 1500 college students. Such a relationship was found to be complex and multi-dimensional. Feelings of efficacy, for example, play a crucial role. Moreover, the mobilization of political discontent can take a variety of forms.…

An historical account of the various transformations of the Polish youth intelligentsia, covering four university student "generations" from the period 1945-1970, which traces the chronology of changes and reversals in student political interests and movements. A Post Scriptum describes shifts since 1970. (EH)

Data suggest that hippies do not differ from ordinary students or activists in social origin. The differing styles of engagement with society by activists and hippies are reflected in the activists' emphasis on human interrelatedness, while hippies opt for noninvolvement. (Authors/RJ)

Student political activism appears to be, at least in part, a function of socialization experiences and political alienation. One indicator of socialization experiences was perception of independence from parents. Another indicator, sex, proved to be significantly associated with all protest activities. Societal grievances were significantly…

Reports on two studies relating moral development to concern about nuclear war and to antinuclear activism. Two Dutch samples tested the following hypothesis: the higher the level of moral judgment, the more concern there is about nuclear arms. (LHW)

Relates the intensity of youth protest movements in the 1960s to cohort size, which was large because of the post-World War II baby boom. Reviews literature on socialization and class expectations among members of large birth cohorts. Associates the youth movement with protesters' perceived economic threats to their middle-class lifestyle. (KH)

Findings indicate that advanced moral judgment and potentially radical political beliefs came together in mid-adolescence. (Author/AM)

Reports a study of the extent to which students participated in the 1970 election campaigns, and why; and of how campaign activism effected the ideology and personality of those who participated; the data are based on mail questionnaire responses from a sample of Washington State University students. (JM)

This report on findings from a questionnaire study of University of California, Los Angeles, students conducted in late 1970 and early 1971 had two stated objectives: (1) to determine how many students felt unfree; what viewpoints they feared to express, and what sanctioners they feared; (2) to identify their distinguishing characteristics.…

Results do not support the characterization of the radical activist student as the brighter, better adjusted, more task-oriented individual, and supports previous finding that these students are neither the social and psychological elite nor misfits of their time. (Author/AM)