POLITICS IN THE UNIVERSITIES

In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 79-85

Abstract

Such reliable evidence as there is shows that, despite the increased attention given to U politics by the 3 main British parties in recent yrs, participation in S pol'al activities is slight, & genuine pol'al enthusiasm rare. Outside the party org's, the groups identified with the Universities and Left Review & the UN Students Association have, in their diff ways, achieved considerable success, but this emphasizes, rather than qualifies the estimate of the limited appeal of politics. The main reason for non-commitment among S's appears to be that they receive less encouragement to participate from their tutors who are themselves less pol'ly committed than previously, & that having grown up in WWII, they are not sustained by loyalties established when the party fight was over policies they take for granted. IPSA.