Civic duty: Young people's conceptions of voting as a means of political participation

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 521-540

  Chareka, Ottilia ^a   Sears, Alan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Civic education; Democratic engagement; Democratic involvement; Political disengagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750589048     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: 03802361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20054175     Document Type: Article

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