Abstract
In the study, using data from an international research (Myplace), relying on the theory ofsocial representations, we examined the understanding of radicalism of young people aged 15to 26 and living in two towns in Hungary (Ózd and Sopron) which differ significantly regardingtheir political socialization. In accordance with an empirical method based on the theory,we analyzed the relationship between young people’s attitudes towards nationalism and thedemocratic principles and the representation of radicalism, following the structural and contentcharacterization of the representation of radicalism through the quantification of associationalresponses received in the questionnaire survey conducted in 2012.