Political Socialization in Nigeria

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This essay is aimed to examine one of the agents of political

socialisation for the way in which it operates and the effects it may

have in Nigeria. Political socialisation is learning process that

begins very early and continues all throughout ones life. Through

political socialisation people acquire their perceptions and feelings

about their political environment. It accounts for both the

commonalties and diversities of political life. (DP Dawson p1). It is

an approach to understanding both patterns of similarities and

differences in political outlooks among the constituents a given

system.

On the other hand political socialisation helps one to understand the

development and dissemination of consensus values or common outlooks.

Political socialisation is also an approach to understand the

differences in political perspective that exist among constituent.

Political socialisation is a tool for understanding these intranation

differences as well as for intranation similarities and intranation

differences. In some instances the family may be the most important

structure. . (Ibid9-11).

Political socialisation begins early on in life and is an ongoing

process affecting individuals throughout. It is how people eventually

identify personal beliefs and expectations. These political views can

include our level of patriotism, faith in democratic System, standards

by which we hold governing bodies, and opinion regarding public

policies from the classroom, the office, to the dinner table. Much of

our life affects our political opinions. The most easily identified

agents of this are family, schooling, peers, mass media, social

parties and religious influences. Furthermore, this means indoctrinate

us in the political society through four basic methods, talent,

manifest affective and instrumental socialisation.

Youth in all nations anchor their documents within a basic family

frame history. The mode of mention differs in different cultures. But

the unquestioned fact remains that the family is the primary social

institution in all lands, and clearly in every culture universally.

Political socialisation is the process by which individual acquire

attitudes, beliefs, and value related to political system of which he

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