Political Efficacy
Abstract
African American youth, at first glance, seem to have a very strange profile in terms of the relationship between self-esteem and personal efficacy. However, advances in the social science literature have illuminated a coherent story about the way the self-concept of African Americans adolescents might develop politically. The problem is that the literature has failed to emphasized the big-picture narrative that it's dispersed subfields make available. This essay excavates that narrative, shedding light on the seeming puzzle of the personal and political efficacy of African American youth.
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Deva Woodly
Deva Woodly is a doctoral student in political science at the University of Chicago. Her primary research areas are American political discourse and democratic theory, but her interests are wide ranging, encompassing a diverse cluster of subjects from the political impact of blogs to the study of public opinion and political trust.
