Social Capital and Political Participation: Understanding the Dynamics of Young People's Political Disengagement in Contemporary Britain

Social Capital and Political Participation: Understanding the Dynamics of Young People’s Political Disengagement in Contemporary Britain M a t t H e n n ∗, M a r k W e i n s t e i n ∗∗ a n d S a r a h H o d g k i n s o n ∗∗∗ ∗Graduate School College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham E-mail: [email protected] ∗∗Graduate School College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham E-mail: [email protected] ∗∗∗Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester E-mail: [email protected]