Civic education and the mobilization of political participation in developing democracies

Journal of Politics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 994-1020

  Finkel, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036853125     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2508.00160     Document Type: Review

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