'Active citizens' or 'irresponsible truants'? School student strikes against the war

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-269

  Cunningham, Steve ^a   Lavalette, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Citizenship education; Collective action; Crick Report

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; COLLECTIVE ACTION; STUDENT; WAR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142764459     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018304042002     Document Type: Article

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