Political Generation

Abstract

A political generation is an age‐conscious group that mobilizes for social and political change. The term also refers to political age groups or segments of age groups that experience extraordinary historical events that have lasting effects on its members' lives. Inspired by Enlightenment values, the Age of Nationalism, and the American and French Revolutions, political generations first appeared in Europe in the early nineteenth century, spread to other continents, and, by the 1960s, became worldwide. Generational theory provides a useful framework for understanding the dynamics of inter‐ and intragenerational conflict that characterize eras of heightened political unrest and reform. Political generations are now global in scope and predicted to increase in the future.

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