The relationship between civic attitudes and voting intention: an analysis of vocational upper secondary schools in England and Singapore

Han, Christine, Hoskins, Bryony Louise and Boon-Yee Sim, Jasmine (2013) The relationship between civic attitudes and voting intention: an analysis of vocational upper secondary schools in England and Singapore. Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, [26pp.]. (doi:10.1080/03057925.2013.780874).

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Abstract

From 2009 to 2011, a team from the Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies carried out a mixed-methods study of young people in England and Singapore. With regard to civic attitudes, the study showed that there was a greater sense of political self-efficacy and collective (school) efficacy in Singapore than in England. In addition, the group in Singapore scored higher on future voting relative to the group in England. Further, while both political self-efficacy and collective (school) efficacy were correlated with future voting in England, only the latter was correlated in the case of Singapore. For some, the results may seem counter-intuitive. The article reflects on these results, particularly those relating to democratic outcomes.

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