Abstract
Abstract The problem addressed was to determine if a school political system, characterized by student participation in decision-making, has a more positive influence on student attitudes than a school political system characterized by less student participation in decision-making. Observation, interview and questionnaire data were collected from 11th and 12th grade students in a large comprehensive school and a small alternative school within the larger school. The political system in the alternative school was found to be characterized by more student participation in decision-making than in the political system of the comprehensive school. Likewise, students in the alternative school were found to have more positive attitudes than students in the comprehensive school. It is argued that students having larger roles in determining what goes on in schools will reciprocate by demonstrating positive differences in attitudes.
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