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Apathy or alienation? Political passivity among youths across eight European Union countries

Viktor DahlCenter for Studies on Civic Engagement, Department of Political Science, Örebro University, Örebro, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Erik AmnåCenter for Studies on Civic Engagement, Department of Political Science, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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Shakuntala BanajiDepartment of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
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Monique LandbergDepartment of Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
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Jan ŠerekFaculty of Social Studies, Institute for Children, Youth and Family, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Norberto RibeiroFaculdade de Psicologia e de Ciéncias da Educação, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7581-7902
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Mai BeilmannFactulty of Social Sciences, Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Vassilis PavlopoulosSchool of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografos, Greece
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Bruna ZaniDepartment of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7358-5001
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Pages 284-301 | Received 19 May 2017, Accepted 19 Oct 2017, Published online: 21 Nov 2017

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