Enrollments in high school government classes: Are we short-changing both citizenship and political science training?

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 281-287

  Niemi, Richard G ^a   Smith, Julia ^a  

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EID: 0035373988     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096501000518     Document Type: Article

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