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Child Geopolitical Agency

A Mixed Methods Case Study

The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, jhabashi{at}ou.edu

Jody Worley

The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa

This study examines the geopolitical agency of Palestinian children. Mixed methodology was used to identify the etiologies contributing to processes of political socialization. Both qualitative and qualitative methods are equally distributed throughout this research. Focus groups and interviews with 12 Palestinian children, aged 10 to 13 years, living in refugee camps, villages, and cities in the West Bank were used to develop a survey instrument. The survey was administrated to 1% of the students attending school, Grades 5 to 7, in the West Bank, Palestine. The use of mixed methodology revealed the interconnectedness of formal and informal political socialization that produces the geopolitical agency of Palestinian children. Findings elaborated on the processes and the relationships used to describe children's geopolitical agency.

Key Words: Palestinian children • children's geopolitical agency • transformative mixed methodology

This version was published on January 1, 2009

Journal of Mixed Methods Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, 42-64 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1558689808326120


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