Examine what effects the major agents of socialization have had on you and your thinking about politics.

Examine what effects the major agents of socialization have had on you and your thinking about politics.
Write an essay on the topic below, 5-6 typed (12-pitch) double-spaced pages long (not including reference page or cover page). The paper is due no later than February 9, 2019. This will be an academic paper. That means: Check your spelling and your grammar. Use paragraphs. Use (with proper referencing – see below) the required American Government: Your Voce, Your Future text and two other academic journal sources, i.e. Political Science Quarterly, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, etc. (Newspaper articles, news magazines, and WEB sites do NOT count as academic journals.) This will require a little library research.

Topic – Political Socialization

Examine what effects the major agents of socialization have had on you and your thinking about politics. Here are some things to think about as you plan this paper. What is your earliest memory of thinking about politics? When did you first begin to know something about presidents or political parties? What influence along these lines did your family have on you? Your school(s)? Your neighborhood (maybe the one in your former country)? Your peers, experiences, etc.?

When did you begin to form political opinions of your own, not just repeating what you had heard? Do you consider yourself conservative – liberal – radical – moderate –nothing? What are your general attitudes toward authority in its various forms? Are you usually obedient, respectful, resentful, passively aggressive, openly hostile? If you have no real political leanings or beliefs, why do you believe that is the case?

Format

You need to open with an introductory paragraph describing what you intend to convey and end up with a concluding paragraph that ties the paper together. Do not just list facts and definitions from the text book and article. Analyze them and show how they fit together, and how they fit into the general theme of your essay. You have many options for approaches. Write this so that it is meaningful to you as well as meeting the course requirement as provided herein.