Reading's impact on democratic citizenship in America

Political Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-195

  Bennett, Stephen Earl ^a   Rhine, Staci L ^b   Flickinger, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic citizenship; Literacy; Political information; Political interest; Political participation; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034550248     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026616029255     Document Type: Article

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