ULUÇ, A. Vahap Harran Üniversitesi - İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Turkey

THE IMPACT OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION PROCESS ON THEIR POLITICAL BEHAVIOR: A CASE STUDY ON THE STUDENTS OF HARRAN UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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It is generally accepted by the scientific circles that there is a strong correlation between education and political behavior. While the education level increases, the interest of individuals for politics increases accordingly and their impulse towards political participation gets stronger as well. As a result of this, individuals tend to participate politically on different levels against the actions and decisions of the government. With reference to this correlation, in order to see the impact of education on political behavior, we compared and studied the political participation levels of the very same students in the first and fourth year of the university and the role of the variables in political participation. In this study, data were gathered through questionnaire technique. We used cross table analysis in the research. Political behaviors of the students were evaluated under the following titles: “participation in election activities”, “participation in meetings and rallies”, participation in demonstrations and protest marches”. As a general observation, there is a significant level of increase on political participation of the students from 1st year through 4th year.

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University Education , University Youth , Political Behavior , Department of Public Administration , Harran University

dicle university journal of social sciences institute

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