Les sentiers de la mémoire. Paroles de jeunes

Book published by Éditions de l'Université de Liège - 1ère éd. (2011)

À l’initiative de la plateforme « Mémoire & Politique » (Département de science politique, ULg), des élèves de l’Athénée Royal de Vielsalm-Manhay ont réalisé un projet relatif à la transmission de la ... [more ▼]

À l’initiative de la plateforme « Mémoire & Politique » (Département de science politique, ULg), des élèves de l’Athénée Royal de Vielsalm-Manhay ont réalisé un projet relatif à la transmission de la mémoire des faits génocidaires dans le cadre du « décret mémoire ». Différentes activités ont été réalisées : conférences, rencontres avec des rescapés et visites de lieux de mémoire dont les camps de concentration et d’extermination d’Auschwitz-Birkenau. Ce livre retrace la recherche et l’ensemble du chemin parcouru, il donne la parole aux jeunes qui ne manquent pas de nous interpeller et de nous éclairer sur la manière dont certains faits passés sont transmis. [less ▲]

Gender differences in youths'political engagement and participation. The role of parents and of adolescents'social and civic participation

in Journal of Adolescence (2011)

Who Are Ready to Vote at 16? New Perspectives in the Study of Political Reasoning

Conference (2010, September 23)

The question of lowering the voting age to 16 has long been debated in university circles. In the last Austrian elections, young people aged 16 and older were invited to vote, even if young people ... [more ▼]

The question of lowering the voting age to 16 has long been debated in university circles. In the last Austrian elections, young people aged 16 and older were invited to vote, even if young people themselves are divided over this issue, even hostile to the idea. Nevertheless, isn’t such a question, which is rarely discussed by the larger public and touches on several dimensions of a person’s life, an ideal topic for a debate, where the confrontation of ideas may change opinions and reveal – or even modify – young people’s global attitudes towards political interest and participation? A non-random sample of nearly two hundred 16- to 22-year-old youth in French-speaking Belgium was selected to discuss the possibility of lowering the voting age to 16, as well as political interest and political participation, during one day with four experts. The same questionnaire was filled in in the beginning and at the end of the day to measure the changes in opinion. But those changes are not the most interesting ones in this research. When we analysed the discussions of the young people during the focus groups, it was possible to bring out real patterns of political reasoning in the discourses. The first results presented here open interesting research paths, particularly for the study of political socialization. [less ▲]

Studying Political Reasoning Among Young French-speaking Belgians

Conference (2010, June 03)

The question of lowering the voting age to 16 has long been debated in university circles. In the last Austrian elections, young people aged 16 and older were invited to vote, even if young people ... [more ▼]

The question of lowering the voting age to 16 has long been debated in university circles. In the last Austrian elections, young people aged 16 and older were invited to vote, even if young people themselves are divided over this issue, even hostile to the idea. Nevertheless, isn’t such a question, which is rarely discussed by the larger public and touches on several dimensions of a person’s life, an ideal topic for a debate, where the confrontation of ideas may change opinions and reveal – or even modify – young people’s global attitudes towards political interest and participation? A non-random sample of nearly two hundred 16- to 22-year-old youth in French-speaking Belgium was selected to discuss the possibility of lowering the voting age to 16, as well as political interest and political participation, during one day with four experts. The same questionnaire was filled in in the beginning and at the end of the day. These first results are presented here. They show little evolution during the discussion, in a sample already largely against the idea of lowering the voting age. However, these are the consequences for political socialisation we would like to discuss with this research project based on political reasoning. [less ▲]

Les attitudes politiques se transmettent-elles par les gènes ?

in Faculté de droit et de science politiquee (Ed.) L'avenir de la recherche : réflexions à l'occasion des Leçons inaugurales 2010 (2010)

Quelques réflexions sur l'engagement politique des jeunes

in Grandjean, Geoffrey; Fournier, Bernard (Eds.) Sur les sentiers de la mémoire (2010)

Quelques défis pour la recherche en science politique

in Piet, Grégory; Wintgens, Sophie (Eds.) La science politique dans tous ses états (2010)

Les jeunes et la politique

Conference given outside the academic context (2009)

Electronic Media and Political Knowledge among 16- to 21-year- old French-speaking Belgians

Conference (2009, September 12)

Few studies have looked at the Internet as a source of political knowledge, particularly in Belgium. In April 2009, a questionnaire distributed to 1000 young people between 16 and 21 years of age as well ... [more ▼]

Few studies have looked at the Internet as a source of political knowledge, particularly in Belgium. In April 2009, a questionnaire distributed to 1000 young people between 16 and 21 years of age as well as a citizen’s conference of another 100 young adults addressed various political issues (commitment, citizenship, participation and political interest) and measured, among other things, the impact of the Internet. This paper presents some of our preliminary findings: it confirms that the traditional idea of interest in politics is shared by one third of your sample, that the non-traditional views on politics is certainly higher, but we argue that the political use of the Web is limited to people already strongly interested in politics. [less ▲]

Introduction (Entre les murs - Un collage)

in Département de science politique (Ed.) Entre les murs - Un collage (2009)

Nombreux sont les murs qui divisent toujours les hommes et les femmes en ce début du XXIe siècle. D’autres forces, heureusement, les unissent. Aidés de ce fil conducteur, les membres du Département de ... [more ▼]

Nombreux sont les murs qui divisent toujours les hommes et les femmes en ce début du XXIe siècle. D’autres forces, heureusement, les unissent. Aidés de ce fil conducteur, les membres du Département de science politique de la Faculté de droit et de science politique de l’Université de Liège présentent ici, de façon parfois originale, la diversité de leurs champs d’intérêt. [less ▲]