ABSTRACT
Socialization is generally defined as a process through which individuals learn to interact in society. It concerns learning social roles and acquiring the knowledge and skills related to them. So far comparatively little research has been done on economic and political socialization than on other aspects of social development (e.g., moral development). Still less had been done on how knowledge and beliefs are acquired as opposed to the content of the knowledge base (Berti & Bombi, 1988; Haste & Torney-Purta, 1992). Furthermore, it has not been until comparatively recently that researchers have looked at young people’s reasoning about economic and political issues (see Torney-Purta, this volume).
