Civic education in post-apartheid South Africa: Alternative paths to the development of political knowledge and democratic values

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-364

  Finkel, Steven E ^a   Ernst, Howard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic competence; Civic education; Democratic values; Political knowledge; South africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744452188     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00421.x     Document Type: Review

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