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Peer reviewedHendrickson, Robert M. – NASPA Journal, 1974
Attempts to show that the protests of the 1960's are evidence of a disjunction between the perceived role of young as adults and the actual role relegated them by society. Removing this disjunction causes a rapid decline in protest. (Author)
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Role Conflict, Social Influences
Peer reviewedThomas, Walter L. – College Student Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Activism, Generation Gap, Parent Child Relationship, Political Attitudes
Download full textDouglas, Jack D. – 1970
In this monograph, student protests and disturbances are viewed within a broad and well-informed framework, which includes: (1) the growing importance of youth and college students in American society; (2) the changing social position of youth and the rise of a generalized youth subculture; and (3) perspectives on cooperative subcultures, deviant…
Descriptors: Activism, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, College Students
Willis, John – 1977
This paper offers an explanation for the rise of radical, social movement activity among youth in the United States in the 1960s and for the decline of such activity in the 1970s. Mannheim's theory on generations is used to explain this phenomenon. Mannheim argued that the major historical events of an era will profoundly shape the political and…
Descriptors: Activism, Antisocial Behavior, Civil Rights, Dissent
