Educating citizens for participatory democracy: A case study of local government education policy in Pelotas, Brazil

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 456-470

  McCowan, Tristan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Citizenship education; Comparative education; Education policy; Participatory democracy

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; DEMOCRACY; EDUCATION POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

BRAZIL; PELOTAS; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746925650     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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