Expected Political Participation in Italy: a Study based on Italian ICCS Data

AbstractThe International Civic and Citizenship Study (ICCS) investigates the role of schooling in preparing students for their roles as citizens. The present paper develops a model of students’ expected political participation in which factors at school as well as at student level are taken into account. A multilevel regression model is tested including openess in classroom discussion and value of students’ participation as school level indipendent variables and students’ civic knowledge and political efficacy as student level indipendent variables. Various control variables are analyzed. Results show positive significant relationships between the indipendent variables and the students’ expected political participation