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International audience ; Rarely used twenty years ago, the term «globalization» is now so widespread that it has entered into everyday language. Given the proliferation of the word and the different ways in which it is used, an attempt at clarification is indispensable. In the French-speaking world, the term mondialisation (from monde, «world») was initially preferred to describe the unprecedented expansion of the capitalist economy and communication systems on a worldwide level. It covered the movement of merchandise, but also the intensification of the movement of people and ideas. But the English term «globalization» is increasingly used in the relevant body of literature.

A gender gap of six to eight percentage points differentiated the vote of women from that of men throughout the presidential elections of the 1980s. Women's greater preference for Democratic candidates, coupled with an increased rate of voting relative to men, has increased women's influence on electoral politics for the first time since the suffrage period. Despite the fact that women's voting behavior does not correspond to many criteria of group politics, the large numbers of women voters are beginning to have an impact on the nature of campaign discourse and election issues. These changes were particularly apparent in the 1988 Republican campaign to win the undecided women voters.

High school extracurricular activities are a source of the informal status networks in American secondary schools. The status networks and the norms upon which they are based do not inculcate values which stress the intrinsic worth of edu cation. Extracurricular activities are also supposed to teach the attributes of good citizenship. This study found no direct relationship between participation in high school extracurricu lar activities and attitude toward politics. The teen-ager who participates feels more integrated into the informal high school status system, This feeling of integration is associated with social trust. The more socially trusting teen-agers have a more positive attitude toward politics. Teen-agers from work ing-class backgrounds participate least, but are most likely to see the informal status system as open. It was inferred that these students were insulated by a belief in equality of oppor tunity from a direct awareness of how the status system actually operates.