Authors: Bashir Ahmad
The present study analyzed political socialization in the Palestinian society. This study was organized into four modules in addition to the introduction, the study purpose and scope, its methodology, and finally, the study conclusion and recommendations. The first component explores the theoretical concept of political socialization, and its two types: direct and indirect political socialization. The second focused on the Institutions of political socializations. The third included the nature of the political parties, and the crisis of political participation for which society is responsible. The fourth highlighted the role of the Military Institution in deepening the crisis of political participation. The study concluded that through political socialization, individual acquires a political culture that helps him/her create a relationship between him/herself and the political system in the society, and recommends, given the concept of political socialization the utmost importance in the teaching curriculum and the different media outlet in the Arab societies in general, and in the Palestinian society in particular taken into consideration the Palestinian division under the on-going Israeli occupation.
Keywords: Political socialization, political participation, political culture, political system, Palestine.
Bashir Ahmad, Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral Student, Social Sciences (Immigration & Refugee Studies), Institute of Immigration Studies, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Independent Researcher, Ramallah, Palestine. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
