Learning about politics in low-income communities: Poverty and political knowledge

American Politics Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-340

  Lay, J Celeste ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Contextual effects; Neighborhood effects; Political engagement; Political knowledge; Political socialization; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646165235     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X05278039     Document Type: Article

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