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    STUDIA POLITICA - Issue no. 1 / 2005  
         
  Article:   INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF POLITICAL ORIENTATIONS: A BRIEF CONCEPTUAL DISCUSSION / TRANSMITEREA INTERGENERAŢIONALĂ A OPŢIUNILOR POLITICE: O ABORDARE CONCEPTUALĂ.

Authors:  ANDREI GHEORGHIŢĂ. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  Intergenerational Transmission of Political Orientations: a Brief Conceptual Discussion. The transmission of political orientations within the family has been a constant topic in the explanation of mass political behaviour. Although the relevance associated to such explanations has varied over time, the influence of family in the processus of early political socialization remains unquestionable. This paper aims to offer a critical perspective over the most influential theories explaining the mechanisms of intergenerational transmission of party identification. It covers four main areas of interest for this topic: (1) early political socialization, the liberal model versus the radical one; (2) parent to child transmission of the main voting cues: party attachment versus left-right orientation; (3) the cognitive perspective: integrating parent-transmitted voting cues in a mental map of the party scene; (4) differences in the transmission of political orientations: mothers versus fathers.  
         
     
         
         
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