Valuing civics: Political commitment and the new citizenship education in Australia

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 454-475

  Howard, Cosmo ^a   Patten, Steve ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Democracy; Discovering democracy; Neo liberalism; New civics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750592580     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: 03802361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20054172     Document Type: Article

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