Young People Don't Vote: An Investigation of the Methods and Motivations of Contemporary and Past Student Political Activists

Authors

Brandon Sutton, The College of Wooster

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the motivations behind student activists at the College of Wooster, as well as the main methods of activism. By using a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods, I will show that the ultimate goals of politically active students is to both garner more power and improve the abilities of those like them in finding their way to political and social class consciousness. It will also provide historical context for which this activism has developed from in order to better understand the reasoning of contemporary activists and their work.

Advisor

Kardulias, P. Nicholas

Second Advisor

King, Shannon

Third Advisor

Maclean, Robert

Department

History; Sociology and Anthropology

Recommended Citation

Sutton, Brandon, "Young People Don't Vote: An Investigation of the Methods and Motivations of Contemporary and Past Student Political Activists" (2013). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 1143.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/1143

Disciplines

Politics and Social Change

Keywords

student political activism, 60s activism

Publication Date

2013

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis