@article{HurrelmannAlbertQuenzel, author = {Hurrelmann, Klaus and Albert, Mathias and Quenzel, Gudrun}, title = {Youth protest in Germany? An analysis based on the results of the Shell Youth Studies}, series = {Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung}, volume = {8}, journal = {Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung}, number = {3}, publisher = {Budrich}, address = {Leverkusen}, issn = {1862-5002}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-391393}, pages = {341 -- 345}, abstract = {Youth protest, sometimes accompanied by riots, in a number of European countries over the last few years repeatedly trigger the question whether similar forms of protest can be expected in the near future from young people in Germany as well. While any, often spontaneous eruption of (violent) protest, can never be predicted with certainty, we argue, based on an analysis of the last Shell Youth Studies (cf. Shell Deutschland 2002, 2006, 2010), that it is rather unlikely to happen in Germany, indeed that if anything this likelihood has decreased over recent years. We identify three explanations for the - compared to a range of other European countries - striking acquiescence of the current young generation in Germany: 1. A range of institutions that keep young Germans in the education system until they finally find employment, 2. a strong culture of pragmatic individualism, and 3. a strong distrust of political parties.}, language = {en} }