Economics & Inequality Retirement Security Education Health Care Homeland Security Election Reform Media & Politics International Affairs TCF Project Sites: Donate to TCF Join our Listserv  Taking Note Home About TCF News Room Join our Listserv Engaging Youth: Combating the Apathy of Young Americans toward Politics     Email    Printer-Friendly Kevin Mattson, Century Foundation Press, 4/1/2003 Table of Contents (pdf) Download in PDF format Ohio University Professor Kevin Mattson explores the political dimensions that characterize Generation X and attributes their anti-government and right-leaning tendencies to the extensive infrastructure of conservative institutions and inactivity on the part of progressive institutions. In the face of the civic apathy of so many young people, the passivity of both progressive political leaders and the country in general does nothing to remedy this unfortunate situation. Still, Mattson is optimistic that with a revitalization of progressive institutions and politics, political engagement will increase. Edition: Paper    ISBN: 0870784706    Pages: 160    Price: $13.95 Copyright 2010 The Century Foundation. Privacy Policy NY Office: 41 East 70th Street—New York, New York—10021—Phone:212-535-4441—212-879-9197 DC Office: 1333 H Street, NW—10th Floor— Washington, D.C. 20005— Phone: 202-387-0400— Fax: 202-483-9430